RE: email API... to and CC:the same..

Maybe we're arguing semantics. By copies of messages I'm talking about
actual data copies that float around. In this situation the target
server DOESN'T decide which messages are duplicates. Usually it will
only get a single copy of the message from the client with multiple
receipt-to addresses. In this case it will usually only forward a single
copy of the message onto each domain with the relevant receipt-to
addresses for that domain. It doesn't have to do this either - it could
send multiple copies.  If it gets multiple copies from the client it
will forward multiple copies. When the target server gets a single
message with multiple receipt-to addresses it can recognise duplicates
in these addresses and then only make a single copy into that mailbox.
If however the original client or one of the relaying SMTP servers
decided to send a message copy to each of the receipt-to addresses then
the target server will put multiple copies into the relevant mailbox. My
point being is that the target SMTP server does not know enough about
the message to decide if multiple message copies actually represent the
same message.   


TrailBlazer Systems, Inc.
http://www.as400ftp.com
AS/400 Communications & E-Commerce Solutions

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Brendan Bispham [SMTP:midrangel@black-and-blue.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, May 30, 2000 1:27 AM
> To:   MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
> Subject:      RE: email API... to and CC:the same..
> 
> Tim,
> 
> I understand what you are saying, but I am not sure it's relevant to
> the
> problem.
> 
> If I send TO/CC/BCC from any client to three addresses, on a single
> domain
> with two 'official' users, eg:
> 
> joe@domain (user joe)
> joeb@domain (the same user joe)
> jack@domain (user jack)
> 
> I get one message for each user account - i.e. two messages. If I CC'd
> joeb
> 100s of times I would still get one message for each account.
> 
> Obviously the client cannot know which addresses map to which
> accounts, so
> it must be the target server which is deciding whether messages are
> duplicated.
> 
> Thus, going back to Brad's question:
> >I only received one copy.  Should I receive only one, or should I
> receive
> 3?
> >Does the mail server maybe look at these addressess and try an
> consolodate?
> >If I use different addresses on all three it works find and sends to
> each.
> 
> Yes, he should receive one copy per account, because the target mail
> server
> is consolidating. The three addresses will work if they are different
> user
> accounts (eg POP mail boxes).
> 
> Thus - it is not the AS/400 'client' that is causing the seemingly
> weird
> results - it is the target server.
> 
> Brendan
> 
> NB I concede that Yahoo may be a client that is sending 3 different
> messages, thus complicating the whole issue!
> 
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