So, if I was using the IP address of the server, it would then touch the NIC?
BTW, it is now 3 AM over there. Go to sleep. John T eServices For You > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:IMail_Forum- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Sanford Whiteman > Sent: Tuesday, September 06, 2005 11:01 PM > To: John Tolmachoff (Lists) > Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] OT: Syslog and the TCP stack > > > I am thinking it may be no change as Imail just sends the items to > > port 514 at the destination IP from a random port, so in essence the > > NIC is still processing the session, just not putting on to the > > physical layer. > > If you are using the loopback address (127.0.0.1) as your destination, > the source address is also 127.0.0.1, so the packet does not touch the > NIC. You do not even need a NIC in the system to use the loopback > address. > > --Sandy > > > ------------------------------------ > Sanford Whiteman, Chief Technologist > Broadleaf Systems, a division of > Cypress Integrated Systems, Inc. > e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > SpamAssassin plugs into Declude! > http://www.imprimia.com/products/software/freeutils/SPAMC32/download/release / > > Defuse Dictionary Attacks: Turn Exchange or IMail mailboxes into IMail Aliases! > > http://www.imprimia.com/products/software/freeutils/exchange2aliases/downloa d/rel > ease/ > > http://www.imprimia.com/products/software/freeutils/ldap2aliases/download/re lease/ > > > To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html > List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ > Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/
