I give in, you guys are probably right, can we use postmaster at the SMTP helloName?
Could we then also do: <postmaster autoDetect="false">me@mydomain</postmaster> and <postmaster autodetect="true"/> just to make it quite clear that its being autodetected. d. > -----Original Message----- > From: Peter M. Goldstein [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 20 August 2002 20:34 > To: 'James Developers List' > Subject: RE: Configuration: "[postmaster|root]@localhost" > > > > Danny, > > > No, root@localhost is a reasonable default email address, it is a real > > email > > address, it refers to a real account on a real machine. > > That AOL, and many others apache included, won't accept mail from > > unreturnable addresses is neither here nor there. > > I very much disagree with this point. > > The use of localhost within the default configuration shows a bias that > is not reflected in most real world use of email. "localhost" is not > addressable. There are no MX records that resolve to "localhost". It > is only a viable postmaster email if one assumes that the sender is on > the same SMTP server as the postmaster. In general situations this will > not be the case. However, if I have an addressable, resolvable domain > for the email then it will work in the general case (different SMTP > server from the postmaster) and in the local case (same SMTP server as > the postmaster). > > --Peter > > > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For additional commands, e-mail: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
