I think your users would have to setup mail forwarding on their other mail servers to
their accounts on your IMAIL
>If I do this, how
>can I configure IMail to receive mail from other servers addressed to my
>users, or is this feasible?
>
>Any help will be appreciated
>Scott R. Morgan
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>Only a skydiver knows why the birds sing....
>They don't have to repack a parachute every time they land!!!
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>From: "## Dusty Carden" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Date: Thu, 9 Mar 2000 00:16:55 -0600
>Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] Port 25 blocking
>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Basically, port 25 blocking by Mindspring allows them to control
>the spammers that relay rape servers. Granted, your users are not
>intending to spam, however in the world of anti-spam large ISP's
>are being pounded daily for the amount of relay rape conducted
>by their users. And everyone expects those ISP's to be responsible
>for the actions of their users.
>
>How many times have you heard a mail admin complaining about
>spammers using their server to relay their spew? The first LART
>that is sent goes to the spammers provider who in turn has to sift
>through endless logs and records to determine the origin of the spam
>and then terminate the account. Forcing those lusers to use their
>own SMTP servers they have a better chance of killing the account
>and stopping the spam run before it reaches the masses.
>
>AOL is getting ready to implement something similar to this also.
>As an ISP, I can understand this as any time one of our users decides
>they are going to get rich sending spam I end up catching hell over
>it from hundreds of complaints.
>
>This is where itis headed though. If ISP's, server admins, etc do not
>start enforcing some type of regulation then you can count on it that
>someone will.
>
>SMTP is merely a relay protocol. Telling your remote users to
>utilize Mindsprings SMTP servers when they are on the road is
>okay. Only the headers would indicate that it went through a
>Mindspring server. Their address, etc would remain the same.
>
>Sorry for the long spew.
>Dusty
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