From kmail-devel  Thu Oct 24 06:46:58 2002
From: "Ed White" <ed () overminder ! com>
Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2002 06:46:58 +0000
To: kmail-devel
Subject: Smart SMTP
X-MARC-Message: https://marc.info/?l=kmail-devel&m=103544294607103

Hi,

I got this idea:
automagically use the MX SMTP to deliver mail.

What does it means ?

Example:

From: me@myself.com
To:	you@yourself.com

Currently we use local SMTP (localhost sendmail) or ISP SMTP.
The MTA keep your message in its queque and when ready it looks for the MX
record via DNS for the "To" domain.
MX:	1.2.3.4
Now the MTA connects to that SMTP and relay your mails using the same
"commands" that KMail used with it.



We can speedup things and void local SMTP adding the option to connect
_directly_ to the destination SMTP.

Example:

From: me@myself.com
To:	you@yourself.com

When you click "send", KMail looks for the MX record via DNS for the "To"
domain.
MX:	1.2.3.4
Now the KMail connects to that SMTP and relay your mails using classic
"commands".


What about ? ;-)


	Ed


P.S. I read somewhere on the net that there's a Win client that already do
this, but I couldn't find it.



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