[Discuss] Sendmail question

[tmetro-blu at vl.com (Tom Metro)]

Jerry Feldman wrote:
> Sendmail question

Looks like Postfix...


> I'm seeing a few of these messages in my maillog:
> Mar  6 19:21:29 cheyenne postfix/smtp[5546]: 183A62FD52:
> to=<kmbodine at hotmail.com>, relay=mx2.hotmail.com[65.55.92.152]:25,
> delay=0.73, delays=0.05/0/0.15/0.52, dsn=2.0.0, status=sent (250 
> <4F56A9EB.8040401 at gmail.com> Queued mail for delivery)
> 
> What confuses me is: 4F56A9EB.8040401 at gmail.com
> Would that mean that this user has a forward or an alias to a gmail
> account.

If so, the forwarding from Hotmail to Gmail wouldn't be evident in your
mail log. (Assuming this is outbound mail you sent to the Hotmail address.)

The "4F56A9EB.8040401 at gmail.com" is a message ID, rather than an
address. For example:

Jan 23 03:22:56 lex postfix/smtp[6193]: 2F54585807F: to=<...>,
relay=spam4.ihostexchange.net[66.46.182.94]:25, delay=4.5,
delays=3.6/0.01/0.56/0.37, dsn=2.6.0, status=sent (250 2.6.0
<4F1D18D5.1050501 at vl.com> Queued mail for delivery)

The bigger question is why your mail client handed your Postfix SMTP
relay a message with a Gmail message ID. That's assuming this is an
outbound message that you sent. If this was an inbound message, then
that's a different story.

 -Tom

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