Sanders Kaufman wrote:
> Jerry Stuckle wrote:
>> Sanders Kaufman wrote:
>
>>> It's sometimes quite interesting to check out the headers on various
>>> corporate emails because they go through SO MUCH e-bureaucracy.
>>
>> You're right - internally they may be relayed. But once they're out
>> of the intranet and into the internet, there should be no relays.
>
> Nicht vahr - there are perfectly good reasons to relay there, as well.
>
> For example I have my domain (kaufman.net) which hosts several client
> domains. They want me to provide some value-added services to their
> email without them having to get involved.
>
> So what I do is relay their mail through kaufman.net. That way, when
> they check their POP or send via SMTP, they don't have to concern
> themselves with incoming spam filtering and outgoing content management.
> (In truth, I don't do very much - but it makes them *feel* better.)
>
>
>> I was referring to the publicly visible site - and I should have made
>> myself more clear about it.
>
> What do you mean by "publicly visible"?
> NorTel.com is a publicly visible site.
> As was GTE.
> As are my clients.

You are not relaying them, then. You are acting as their mail MTA.

And NorTel's intranet servers are not publicly available. Nor are
GTE's. I don't know about your clients.

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