I started thinking of several far fetched examples as to why this won't
work (notes scribbled below), but I have 2 really good reasons (IMHO)
why this won't work. (I agree it'd be a nice hack if it allowed us to
work against other mail servers, but consider these issues.)
1. There is delivery information that is not contained in the email
message itself. You designate through SMTP's RCPT TO command who this
message should be delivered to... these addresses are in no way required
to be in the email address.
2. It restricts mail servlets as receivers only... a real life example
is such as attaching a disclaimer on all email leaving the company (or
logging it, whatever)... you need to process email messages as they are
handled by the SMTP server and not wait for them to arrive at a POP3
address.
It also means you need a separate mail box for every address you're
going to consider processing. This introduces much more overhead and
administration it seems to the mail server... it also means you can't
use dynamic email addresses (not sure whether it's a good practice or
not).
Serge Knystautas
Loki Technologies
http://www.lokitech.com/
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