Re: Mail Routing and LDAP

Darryl C Price <Price.203@osu.edu> Sat, 14 March 1998 01:43 UTC

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Hans,

Please add Innosoft International's PMDF MTA to this list.     It is a
product that I for one recommend highly.   .... And no,  I don't work for
them.

Darryl Price
University Technology Services
The Ohio State University

Hans Lachman wrote:

> Various people have implemented various approaches for LDAP-based
> Routing of SMTP Messages. At least three are commonly known:
>
>   1. UMich's approach (implemented in the "mail500" mailer)
>   2. Netscape's approach (implemented in the Netscape MTA)
>   3. Stanford's approach (implemented in Sendmail 8.8.X)
>
> There are internet drafts available describing the latter two
> approaches..
>
>   draft-lachman-ldap-mail-routing-01.txt
>   (http://www.imc.org/draft-lachman-ldap-mail-routing)
>
>   draft-ietf-asid-email-routing-su-00.txt
>   (http://www.imc.org/draft-ietf-asid-email-routing-su)
>   (expired, but an update is planned)
>
> We propose to discuss the merits of the various approaches and
> determine whether there is interest in standardizing an approach to
> LDAP-based Routing of SMTP Messages.  The discussion will be held on...
>
>   ietf-smtp@imc.org
>
> Information about subscribing, a list archive, and current discussion
> topics is available at...
>
>   http://www.imc.org/ietf-smtp/
>
> All people interested in this topic are invited to join in the
> discussion.
>
> Regards,
>
> Jeff Hodges & Hans Lachman