At 1:12 PM -0600 11/9/01, Jerry Pasker imposed structure on a stream of electrons, yielding: >>On 11/09/01 at 13:09, Stefan Jeglinski wrote: >> >>> > > What happens in the (outgoing) router when it encounters the spamtrap >>> >> address? >>> > >>> >The router doesn't look at outgoing mail. >>> >>> Not true. At least not on my SIMS. >> >>Sorry, you're right, of course. I don't know where my mind is this morning. >>MIA, apparently. >> >> Christopher Bort | [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Webmaster, Global Homes | [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> <http://www.globalhomes.com/> | PGP public key available on request > > >I'm under the impression that the router routes email address like IP >routers route IP packets. They look at all (inbound, and outbound) email, >but they only look at the destination ("To:" and the carbon copies) address >when performing routing logic. > >It does not appear to look at the source address when making a routing >decision.
AFAIK, that's right. >Routing email based on the source address would be a little strange, >(imagine trying to swap secondary MX with someone else) much in the same >way that turning on source address verification on a Cisco router ( ip >verify unicast reverse-path) down inside the core of a meshed network can >be a bad thing. Yes, but some IP routers can make routing decisions based on source address. It's costly and may not even be used anywhere any more, but back in the early 90's when the Internet was in transition and some entities actually tried to adhere to the NSFNet AUP while using other networks for commercial traffic, this was a useful feature. -- Bill Cole [EMAIL PROTECTED] ############################################################# This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To switch to the INDEX mode, E-mail to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Send administrative queries to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
