> > sigh I must sleep way to much. > > the term "smarthost" refers to ? > >An SMTP server provided by an ISP for their customers to use to relay their >mail through.
another dumb term, since there's nothing particularly or necesserily "smart" about it. It's just an SMTP server that relays. It's the same role that IMGate plays for your mailbox server, simply the outbound SMTP gateway. seems MS has picked up on it for Exchange (this article shows that I'm hardly the only one promoting blocking of "subscriber" nets (of course, EVERYBODY suffers tons abuse from them): http://www.christopherlewis.com/ATT_SMTP_Config.htm Len >-- >Chris Scott >Host Orlando, Inc >http://www.hostorlando.com/
