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<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi,<BR>I'm a long-time JNOS user, new to the group
(per Jerry N0MR's recommendation!). I am helping to bring up a 4-node JNOS
BBS environment in Santa Clara County CA, and am trying to explain to the
organization how the SMTP mail system works.<BR><BR>I have been looking for a
good narrative description of the attached picture that describes the sequence
of SMTP events. <BR><BR>Is this what happens when a message is originated
on a BBS?<BR><BR>1. The user creates the message and saves it<BR>2.
SMTP starts<BR>3. SMTP takes the message and updates it per the ALIAS
file<BR>4. SMTP then delivers the message either locally into the
\SPOOL\MAIL directory or into the Mqueue where it attempts to connect to the
destination<BR>5. SMTP process ends<BR><BR>Is this what happens when a
message is received into the BBS from a remote node? I think I see this in
the 3rd vertical process flow.<BR><BR>1. SMTP receives the
message<BR>2. SMTP processes it through REWRITE<BR>3. SMTP processes
it through ALIAS<BR>4. SMTP then delivers the message either locally into
the \SPOOL\MAIL directory or back into the Mqueue for forwarding<BR><BR>Any
clarification/confirmation on this?<BR><BR>Regards,<BR>Jim o
KN6PE<BR>Cupertino, CA<BR></FONT></P></BODY></HTML>