{"id":2677,"date":"2010-08-19T11:29:08","date_gmt":"2010-08-19T08:29:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/helpcentre\/?p=2677"},"modified":"2025-03-25T11:47:03","modified_gmt":"2025-03-25T09:47:03","slug":"we-dont-use-xneelos-email-server-for-sending-why-do-i-have-smtp-traffic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xneelo.co.za\/help-centre\/email\/we-dont-use-xneelos-email-server-for-sending-why-do-i-have-smtp-traffic\/","title":{"rendered":"We don\u2019t use xneelo&#8217;s e-mail server for sending, why do I have SMTP traffic?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When <a title=\"viewing your traffic\" href=\"https:\/\/xneelo.co.za\/help-centre\/control-panel\/how-to-keep-track-of-your-websites-traffic-usage\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">viewing your traffic<\/a> report in your control panel, the <b>SMTP<\/b> value displayed is a total of all SMTP traffic done on your domain.<\/p>\n<p>This consists of the following parts:.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>SMTP In<\/b>: Is any traffic that is generated to get the e-mail to the server, ie. all incoming mail will generate this type of traffic unless both the sending and receiving e-mail accounts are hosted on the same server. Our SMTP e-mail service is configured to recognize domain names hosted locally. So if you send an e-mail to an address within the same domain no SMTP-IN traffic is generated.<\/li>\n<li><b>SMTP Out<\/b>: Is all traffic generated to send e-mail from the e-mail hosting server to any other e-mail server. If you do not make use of xneelo&#8217;s e-mail server as your SMTP server (sometimes referred to as a gateway) no traffic will be generated. Please note that if you choose to use this option we will not be able to provide you with e-mail logs for any outgoing e-mails.<\/li>\n<li><b>SMTP Forward<\/b>: Is any traffic generated by e-mail forwarders or aliases configured for the domain. Again traffic designated for the same server will not be allocated.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false,"plain":"When <a title=\"viewing your traffic\" href=\"https:\/\/xneelo.co.za\/help-centre\/control-panel\/how-to-keep-track-of-your-websites-traffic-usage\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">viewing your traffic<\/a> report in your control panel, the <b>SMTP<\/b> value displayed is a total of all SMTP traffic done on your domain.\r\n\r\nThis consists of the following parts:.\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><b>SMTP In<\/b>: Is any traffic that is generated to get the e-mail to the server, ie. all incoming mail will generate this type of traffic unless both the sending and receiving e-mail accounts are hosted on the same server. Our SMTP e-mail service is configured to recognize domain names hosted locally. So if you send an e-mail to an address within the same domain no SMTP-IN traffic is generated.<\/li>\r\n \t<li><b>SMTP Out<\/b>: Is all traffic generated to send e-mail from the e-mail hosting server to any other e-mail server. If you do not make use of xneelo's e-mail server as your SMTP server (sometimes referred to as a gateway) no traffic will be generated. Please note that if you choose to use this option we will not be able to provide you with e-mail logs for any outgoing e-mails.<\/li>\r\n \t<li><b>SMTP Forward<\/b>: Is any traffic generated by e-mail forwarders or aliases configured for the domain. 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