On Wed, Aug 29, 2007 at 11:54:15AM -0400, Ben Scott wrote: > > In fact, we discovered the theoretical possibility of a mail message doing > > figure-8s between our sendmail/cyrus server and the Exchange server! > > I used to work at UNH. Imagine hundreds of computers, used by > faculty/staff, running anything from DOS to MacOS to NetWare to doze > to nix. Many of them processing mail for their primary user. > Sometimes mail hopped between four or five systems before end-user > delivery. One scenario I saw was [EMAIL PROTECTED] -> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] -> [EMAIL PROTECTED] -> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] -> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can imagine what mail > loops were like in that environment...
You forgot the -> [EMAIL PROTECTED] -> [EMAIL PROTECTED] bit at the end of all that. :) The really scary bit is that some of those addresses still work today, 7+ years after I left. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] OpenPGP KeyID 0x57C3430B Holder of Past Knowledge CS, O- The walls here are so very soft, and I just love all the buckles on my new coat. _______________________________________________ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
