Quentin,
How can IMAP resolve without having a static IP??.. it uses the client supplied
username <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> It strips off the dpzone.com and then grabs the AJO
and uses AJO as the username and dpzone.com as the database to reference.
Pop3 does the same.. It grabs the client supplied username of <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>.
It STRIPS off the DPZONE.COM and uses it to know which database to reference and
it grabs AJO so it knows which user to validate.
The IP address DOES NOT MATTER. It would if we were relying on it for
authentication or resolving purposes. All the information is supplied in the
username. It grabs AJO as the username to validate and DPZONE.COM as the Host to
validate it with.
All of your logic makes no sense. The IP argument is a void argument. Just like
IIS reads the HOST: field in the WEB request... IMAIL READS the client supplied
username which supplies the HOSTNAME.
FROM NETSCAPE:
MAILHOST: MAIL.WORLDWIND.NET
USERNAME: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
PASSWORD: BlAH
USERNAME: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
PASSWORD: BOBBLAH
They all run on the same IP Address. How does Imail IMAP/POP3 tell the
difference?? It is somewhat smart and reads the USERNAME and dissects it based
on the delimeted field. It separates ajo and dpzone.com.. The same with bob and
creativers.com
They can run on the same IP address because the domain is submitted with the
username. "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" is a different user than "[EMAIL PROTECTED]".
THE SOFTWARE RESOLVING (knowing which DB to read) THAT TAKES PLACE IS DONE USING
THE supplied username ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) (USER@DATABASE_TO_REFERENCE).
This should be the same with SMTP... but are you saying it doesn't work like
that?? Are you saying that the SMTP server is incapable of adjusting its
database use depending on the domain supplied with the username?? This makes no
sense either.. BECAUSE... ... SMTP AUTH WORKS WITH OTHER MAIL CLIENTS.. just not
netscape. What happens with Netscape to not allow this..
Quentin Baker wrote:
> The whole point is that you are tying to do SMTP AUTH to relay mail.
> Virtual Host "without" IP addresses just don't do that because that hostname
> is not able to resolve to a static IP address. Should they is a whole
> different story.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: A.J. Ostman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Wednesday, May 10, 2000 1:40 PM
> Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] virtual hosts
>
> > Quentin,
> >
> > (awwww) I wish I could talk in person to some of you. I realize how an
> > IP address would eliminate the need for including the domain name in the
> > username, but it seems to me that all the resolving can be done based on
> > the username%domain, since the doman is included. Who cares what IP
> > address it comes from? It has the necessary domain information in the
> > USERNAME to validate it or not. I understand the IP problem if I was
> > only providing the username, but since the username includes the DOMAIN
> > name.. there should be no need to RESOLVE a host name from the
> > connection, but it should be overriden by the domain name in the
> > username.
> >
> > -A.J.
> >
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> >
>
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