Historically, you used to be able to send an e-mail address and specify the path it went by replacing the @ sign with a % and appending the server you wanted it to go through. This was useful in reaching bitnet addresses because there were only a few bitnet gateways.
So, if you had an address like [EMAIL PROTECTED] and wanted it to go through the bitnet gateway at nyu.edu you'd format the address like this: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Once it got to nyu.edu, they'd take "lovelace%bitnet", rewrite it to be "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" and send it to the bitnet network. However, since bitnet and other fringe networks have pretty much gone away and everything is connected, this hack is pretty much died out and, in fact, I would probably consider any MTA implementing it a security risk. Cheers, Tanner On 1/12/07, Matt Frye <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I'm getting "550 Forwarding percent hack is not permitted" and not finding much documentation about this error. It occurs when I send an email to an account I know exists from another valid account, but don't get the message when I send from a different account to the same domain (different user). From what I know of the receiving organization, it could be someone trying to configure something and not getting it quite right. Anyone have experience with this error? -- Matt Frye http://www.linkedin.com/in/mattfrye ----------------------------------------------------- Miss a TriLUG meeting? Check out the TriLUG Podcast at www.trilug.org/podcastogg or on iTunes (search for "trilug") -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/
-- Tanner Lovelace clubjuggler at gmail dot com http://wtl.wayfarer.org/ (fieldless) In fess two roundels in pale, a billet fesswise and an increscent, all sable. -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/
