So, in the case of Imail with a real mail server (MX10 name) and a virtual 
server:

1) the new variables of senderhost and reciphost will reflect the real mail 
server; and,
2) the existing variables of localhost and remotehost will reflect the 
virtual server.

Correct?


At 10:59 AM 3/15/01 -0500, you wrote:

>>What is the difference between %REMOTEHOST% vs %SENDERHOST% and between 
>>%RECIPHOST% vs %LOCALHOST%
>
>%LOCALHOST% and %REMOTEHOST% are a local domain on your IMail server, and 
>a remote domain.  These come from the To/From addresses, and could be 
>either from the sender or recipient.  They determine which domain of yours 
>was used, and what the remote domain was (regardless of whether the E-mail 
>is going to the remote domain or coming from it).
>
>The %SENDERHOST% and %RECIPHOST% variables are the domain that the sender 
>of the E-mail is from, and the domain the recipient is from.
>
>As an example, if I send an E-mail from "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" to 
>"[EMAIL PROTECTED]" ("declude.com" being a local domain here), 
>you would have:
>
>%LOCALHOST% = declude.com
>%REMOTEHOST% = list.ipswitch.com
>%SENDERHOST% = declude.com
>%RECIPHOST% = list.ipswitch.com
>
>On the other hand, if "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" sends an E-mail to 
>"[EMAIL PROTECTED]", you would see:
>
>%LOCALHOST% = declude.com
>%REMOTEHOST% = list.ipswitch.com
>%SENDERHOST% = list.ipswitch.com
>%RECIPHOST% = declude.com
>                                                   -Scott
>
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