The terms "forwarding" and "redirecting" are different for a MUA, like
Eudora, where Forward will, of course, save your original copy and FORWARD a
copy of the message to another user. Redirect, in an MUA, as Adam has
explained, will actually rewrite the headers and "pass the buck" on to
someone else.
The terms "forwarding" and "redirecting" are the same when dealing with an
MTA. The words are interchangeable. Your "educated customer" is arguing
semantics from the MUA standpoint (the e-mail client) and not the MTA
standpoint (the e-mail server). I haven't checked the RFC's relating to
e-mails, but I'll bet a nickle to a pickle that "moving" ain't in there. :P
Enjoy, and have a Happy New Year!
Dustin
-----Original Message-----
From: Dave Kitabjian [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, December 29, 1999 12:15 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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
