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Re: SMTP

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From: Mike Mann
Date: Sat, 16 Nov 1996 00:00
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In article <01bbd310$dc0e9020$846bdec2@jonhomer>, "Housing Dept"
<jhomer@bcchsg.demon.co.uk> wrote:

>I am very interested in writing a SMTP server.  The protocol itself is very
>simple, but I can not work out, how when in TURNPIKE software you set the
>email names up, how the information is then transfered to the
>Post.demon.co.uk mail server.

It's not.   Demon's MTAs accept all mail addressed to a valid host and
subequently offer it to that host's server.   Whether the server
accepts mail is entirely up to it.

Regards, Mike,

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