Well we did get one or two requests about this. Apparently some company's don't have an internal SMTP server (but do have an Exchange server or Notes server), and thus can't send SMTP mail. And therefore they can only use an SMTP server that is somewere on the internet. And that's just the problem. It means they would need an open-relay server. With this "direct SMTP" they only use the server that is responsible for the TO-domain and thus no relay problems. (still from a security point-of-view, most companies will also restrict SMTP access to the outside works by blocking outgoing port 25 connections (except those of the mailservers).)
dirk. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Roland Gaspar Sent: Sun Aug 24 9:19 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [SA-list] Direct mail sending (without an "internal" SMTP server) I can't see the usefulness of this one.. .but it might just be my short sightedness on Sunday... ________________________ Roland Gaspar Tel.: (514) 398-7880 xt 8603 >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 08/24/03 12:57PM >>> Sending mail directly to the destination SMTP server is that something that is interesting for you guys? (with that we mean that instead of sending the mail to your smtp server who will relay it to the destination SMTP server, we would directly connect to the destination server (based on the MX record of the TO of the mail) and send it). dirk. To unsubscribe from a list, send a mail message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] With the following in the body of the message: unsubscribe SAlive To unsubscribe from a list, send a mail message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] With the following in the body of the message: unsubscribe SAlive To unsubscribe from a list, send a mail message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] With the following in the body of the message: unsubscribe SAlive
