on 9/29/03 8:46 PM, Matthew Smith at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Could someone explain what relaying is? I have received this error when > sending to a few recipients. Does this have anything to do with using an > email address as the from address on a message which is not an account with > the ISP whose SMTP server you are using?
Has nothing to do with the from/reply to, at least not on any good mailserver. Relaying is simply sending email over a SMTP server, but there are various flavors of relaying that become important. A open relay is a mailserver that blindly accepts a email and delivers it while not caring a bit about the source of the sender and its credentials. Spammers like open relays. If you get some kind of relay error, it generally means you are trying to send email though a server and are not giving it the correct credentials. In some rare cases, your IP range may be blocked, and no matter what credentials you send, you wont be allowed to relay. -- ------------------------------------------------------------- Scott Haneda Tel: 415.898.2602 http://www.newgeo.com Fax: 313.557.5052 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Novato, CA U.S.A. -- To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> archives: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.letterrip.com/> old-archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.boingo.com/>
