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TCP/IP Tutorial and Technical Overview - IBM Redbooks

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capable. As <strong>IP</strong>v6 becomes more pervasive within the Internet community, the<br />

likelihood increases that:<br />

► An <strong>IP</strong>v4 client will be directed to an <strong>IP</strong>v6-only server (or vice versa).<br />

► An <strong>IP</strong>v4 client’s message will traverse an <strong>IP</strong>v6-only network segment (or vice<br />

versa).<br />

This impending problem is discussed in RFC 3974, which discusses best<br />

practices to circumvent the issue. The primary method for this is ensuring that all<br />

<strong>IP</strong>v6 capable entities also be <strong>IP</strong>v4 capable.<br />

Addressing mailboxes on server systems<br />

When a user employs a server system for all mail functions, the mailbox address<br />

seen by other SMTP users refers exclusively to the mail server system, not to the<br />

client system. For example, if two systems are named mydiv.redbookscorp.com<br />

<strong>and</strong> smtp1.mydiv.redbookscorp.com, <strong>and</strong> the first one is used as a client <strong>and</strong> the<br />

second as a server, the mailbox address might be:<br />

user@smtp1.mydiv.redbookscorp.com<br />

This mailbox address appears in the From: header field of all outgoing mail as<br />

well as in the SMTP comm<strong>and</strong>s to remote servers issued by the smtp1 server<br />

system.<br />

When the user uses a POP server (refer to 15.4, “Post Office Protocol (POP)” on<br />

page 589), however, the mailbox address on outbound mail items contains the<br />

workstation's host name (for example, user@mydiv.redbookscorp.com). In this<br />

case, the sender should include a Reply-To: field in the mail header to indicate<br />

that replies should not be sent to the originating mailbox. For example, the mail<br />

header might look like this:<br />

Date: Fri, 10 Feb 95 15:38:23<br />

From: user@mydiv.redbookscorp.com<br />

To: "Your Email" <br />

Reply-To: user@smtp1.mydiv.redbookscorp.com<br />

Subject: Another sample email<br />

Note that the From: address reflects the address of the user’s client system,<br />

while the Reply-To: field reflects the address of the smtp1 server system. This is<br />

because messages sent to the client system will fail because no SMTP server is<br />

active there. Instead, messages sent back to the user will be sent to the<br />

Reply-To address, <strong>and</strong> the user’s client can then connect to the smtp1 server to<br />

retrieve its mail. For this reason, the receiving mail agent is expected to send<br />

replies to the Reply-To: address <strong>and</strong> not the From: address.<br />

Chapter 15. Mail applications 567

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