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Subject: Re: SMTP forwarding [Was: "We do not relay" errors]
From: Chip Rosenthal <chip @ unicom . com>
Date: Sun, 15 Feb 1998 23:08:12 -0600 (CST)
To: chuqui @ plaidworks . com (Chuq Von Rospach)
Cc: list-managers @ GreatCircle . COM
In-reply-to: <v04003a32b10d735a91eb@[207.167.80.70]> from "Chuq Von Rospach" at Feb 15, 1998 08:42:19 PM

Chuq Von Rospach writes:
> SMTP doesn't really have any clean way to say "He's over *there* now,
> please update your alias, but I'll forward this for you this time",
> which is what you want.

Yeah, it does:

    251 User not local; will forward to <forward-path>

Again, whether it is widely supported is another issue.

As far as the 551 code, I've got a sneaky feeling that the new-fangled
DSN notices may have some preferred way of specifying that.

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