"InterMail" in Mail Headers

[Poontos]

If anyone is on Sympatico, you will probably see InterMail somewhere in the headers of an e-mail message sent from your computer.

I have searched all over to find out more information on InterMail... with no luck.

Is this a standard MTA? Anyone use it? What platform does it run on?

I am wondering why if someone had there own mail server setup and was sending e-mail through it, why would InterMail info be present in the headers, when I am under the impression that there is no reason for the mail to go through a Bell/Sympatico mail server, or whatever InterMail is.

Thanks

 

[Garion]

... From the Sun Solutions Catalog



<< InterMail(R), the native Internet messaging server from Software.com, is designed specifically to meet the evolving needs of next-generation service providers: ISPs, telco ISPs, cable companies, portals and affinity marketers. InterMail sets new standards of carrier-class messaging with its unlimited scalability, uncompromised high performance, and a host of features designed to insure reliable operation, uninterrupted access, smooth administration, and customized integration with other systems and services. The InterMail product family is the first messaging server software designed to enable premium consumer, business, and Webmail messaging services within a single integrated architecture. InterMail editions allow service providers to create and customize classes of service at varying price points for consumers and business customers. Service providers can further differentiate their products by offering service level agreements (SLAs). These capabilities help service providers to expand market share, retain subscribers, lower total cost of ownership, and derive increased profits from their businesses.
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[Poontos]

Thanks Garion!

Now, any idea why InterMail would show up in the mail headers of messages that were exclusively sent through the users own fully capable mail server (Exim for example), with a dynamic IP using dyndns.org and a domain pointed to the IP of the server (which is of course dynamically updated) and properly setup MX records that have no mention of the Bell/Sympatico network?