Wilfried Mestdagh wrote: > Hello Arno, > > So if I understeand it right, when the server is not possible to deliver > the mail, then it uses that address to return an 'undeliverable' mail ?
Yes, correct. Arno Garrels > --- > Rgds, Wilfried > http://www.mestdagh.biz > > Sunday, July 17, 2005, 19:05, Arno Garrels wrote: > >> Hello Wilfried, > >>> the MAIL FROM: ... or in Smtp client FromName, what is original meaning >>> of it? I have tryed with several SMTP servers and I can fill in >>> whatever I want, it is always accepted, and for the mail reader only the >>> headers are used. >>> >>> Or could it be that some SMTP servers have a list with valid FROM names >>> to accept mail from ? > >> A server may reject a none local From address, but practically most >> servers don't, since anybody can send any address in the Mail From >> command. However that address is used by the server to build the Return- >> Path, that's why we get so much bounces from SPAM or Viruses using our e- >> mail address :( Arno Garrels > >>> -- >>> Rgds, Wilfried >>> http://www.mestdagh.biz -- To unsubscribe or change your settings for TWSocket mailing list please goto http://www.elists.org/mailman/listinfo/twsocket Visit our website at http://www.overbyte.be
