23 Jun
2005
23 Jun
'05
12:56 p.m.
On Thu, 23 Jun 2005, Dave Crocker wrote:
i seem to recall a similar redirect mechanism in SMTP some time ago. not worth the effort; broken; or somesuch.
The 251 and 551 forwarding address responses. Many mail servers don't know a user's forwarding address at SMTP time; most mail servers treat any 5xx response to RCPT TO the same way; mail servers don't want to maintain a local database of forwarding addresses culled from 251 responses... Tony. -- f.a.n.finch <dot@dotat.at> http://dotat.at/ BISCAY: WEST 5 OR 6 BECOMING VARIABLE 3 OR 4. SHOWERS AT FIRST. MODERATE OR GOOD.