Hmmm... some people can be soooo picky, eh? ;-)
When I think of the term forwarding, "forwarding addresses" pop into mind
(i.e., addresses you can get at iname.com) which are used for "redirecting"
mail to another location. But who knows; maybe places like iname and yahoo
etc etc are using the term incorrectly.
The forwarding that your "somewhat educated customer" speaks of behaves much
like a BCC, wouldn't ya say?
Think of when you get some snail mail with a "forward service requested" or
something like that. If you send it back out to another address, you aren't
keeping a copy of it, are you? No. It's in your hands for X amount of
time, then it's gone again.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave Kitabjian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, December 29, 1999 1:14 PM
Subject: "forwarding" terminology?
|
| We have been using the term "mail forwarding" with our customers in the
| same way that the USPS uses it: when your mail arrives at your mailbox, it
| is "redirected" to a remote location (via a "&" entry in .qmail).
|
| However, we have been told by a somewhat educated customer that this
| process is really called "moving", not forwarding. "Forwarding", they say,
| means that a copy is saved locally (via a "./Maildir/" entry in .qmail)
and
| a second copy is transmitted to the forwarding address.
|
| What is the correct terminology? How do most of you use the term
| "forwarding"?
|
| Thanks for your input!
|
| Dave
| NetCarrier
|
