On Thu, 11 May 2000 12:25:55 +0200 (CEST), Nils Jeppe wrote:
Mmmm... A customer having two addresses in two different files/databases: That works but might be a nightmare to update.
Nah, not really... it's still better than having to ervice/update/maintain dozens of independent mail servers.
But we DO have only one big POP server, the only thing is that it looks the IP address the client is connecting to to know which domain she belongs to. The alias approach is workable, but I foresee update inconsistencies created over time which can be a pain in the neck. But even then I'd have go to hundreds of organizations and thousands of users to tell them to reconfigure their email programs in a way that they won't understand (believe me). And I would have to tell them that in order to use the handy web-mail gateway they have to type an awkard user name, instead of 'my address is someuser@somecompany.es' I can put up with the update problem since that is an internal matter of my organization, but I don't want this kind of things to reflect outside nor I want customers to change their simple way of doing things if not for the better (for them, not for us or RIPE). Javier Llopis BitMailer, S.L. javier@bitmailer.com Juan Bravo 51, Dup. 1-Izq Tel: +34 91 402 1551 28006 Madrid Fax: +34 91 402 4115 SPAIN