> I was under the impression that when receiving e-mail via SMTP, > Imail would check the domain to see if it is hosted, then check the > HOSTS file, then check the IP address.
If the session is not already permissioned for relay (i.e. via SMTP AUTH), it checks the HOSTS (a.k.a. MXHOSTS) file to determine whether it has a special IP entry for the recipient domain, then looks up that IP to determine whether it has relay permissions. > You are saying it checks the domain to see if it is hosted, then the > IP address. Six of one...anyway, more like the above. > The HOSTS file is used only for delivery in the normal resolution > order (WINS, CACHE, BROADCAST, LMHOSTS, HOSTS, DNS [I think]) after > Imail has excepted the message. Yes, but IMail doesn't consult anything but HOSTS and DNS, since the others are NetBIOS/LanMan-related. -Sandy 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/
