Yes the data of the message will 'pass through' that machine. There is no way with SMTP for it to just see the RCPT TO: address and say, no I don't accept that e-mail, please send that to a different mail server.
Therefore you cannot use a slow connection to 're-route' lots of e-mail. Any SMTP connection MUST accept the full e-mail before it can re-route it elsewhere.
-----Original Message-----
From: Keary Suska [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, 19 January 2001 12:07 PM
To: Qmail
Subject: Re: Virtual domains and forwarding.
What do you mean by "pass through?" What are you trying to avoid?
-K
> From: Grant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2001 11:51:23 +1000 (EST)
> To: Keary Suska <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Cc: Qmail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: Virtual domains and forwarding.
>
>> Actually, domain.com *will* accept the message, i.e., it will store it
>> locally in its queue. Using the virtualdomains/smtproutes option I listed in
>> my previous email, the message will then be sent on to the remote host
>> automatically without requiring a valid local user part of the address or a
>> .qmail file.
>
> But the data will still pass through the machine right?
>
>
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