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Subject: Re: ALTERNATIVE TO USE OF IP-ADDRESS ALIASES
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Kobus de Wit wrote:
>> Kobus de Wit wrote:
>>>     It is my understanding that there is a better way for a server to 
>>> listen for traffic destined for a specific IP address than to use the 
>>> ip address alias function.
>> Where did you hear/read this?
> 
> It was posted to this list during, if I remember correctly, May/June 
> last year (2006). The idea is to forward traffic to a mail server that 
> resides behind the firewall.

I'm not going to do your searching for you.  Quote the message or give 
me a URL for it in an archive and I'll have a look.

-- 
Darren Pilgrim