Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2003 18:44:02 -0000 (GMT) From: "Chris Howells" <lists@chrishowells.co.uk> To: freebsd-questions@Freebsd.org Subject: Re: disappearing email? Message-ID: <1302.82.68.135.38.1067453042.squirrel@www.netweaver.net> In-Reply-To: <BBC5631A.1912F%joe@jwebmedia.com> References: <BBC2A5F7.18ED3%joe@jwebmedia.com> <BBC5631A.1912F%joe@jwebmedia.com>
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> I seem to have found the answer to my own question. Apparently, when > anyone > is connected to AOL, AOL overrides any SMTP settings the user has. Below > are > headers from a client of mine that was sent to me using a pop account on > our > server, with the SMTP in OE set to our server: In the UK, The Planet, who area major virtual ISP for various household ISPs do a similar trick, basically any traffic on port 25 automatically gets proxied (don't know if that's the exact terminology, but that's the effect) through their mail server -- I guess they claim that it helps them track spam or whatever. You could either run your smtp daemon on a different port (nasty) or use ssh port forwarding (also nasty). Cheers Chris Howells
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