[2436] in linux-net channel archive
RE: SMTP
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (retsam@sluh.edu)
Tue Apr 9 21:11:20 1996
Date: Tue, 9 Apr 1996 15:44:25 -0500 (CDT)
From: retsam@sluh.edu
To: Al Longyear <longyear@sii.com>
cc: linux-net <linux-net@vger.rutgers.edu>
In-Reply-To: <316AA42B@siipo.sii.com>
Thanks! This is along the lines of what I was thinking!!
Jacque Bussey
On Tue, 9 Apr 1996, Al Longyear wrote:
>
> Update the domain information in the forward DNS files to have the proper
> MX records.
>
> dialup in a 1.2.3.4
> in mx 10 dialup
> in mx 20 your-smtp-server
>
> Now, there is no procedure for flushing the sendmail queue which
> your-smtp-server would use send the pending mail which it has to dialup.
> The queue run will be performed at the normal interval specified by the
> '-q' parameter.
>
> There have been kludges to do this. If your connection is available via
> Linux PPP then you can use the /etc/ppp/ip-up script to run the sendmail
> process using the '-qR' option to deliver the mail. Use the 'ipparam' to
> set the value for '-qR'.
>
> Do not do simply "sendmail -q" whenever anyone connects. That will be
> very expensive for you. Limit the queue run to just the recipients.
>
> The dip process has something similar to /etc/ppp/ip-up.
>
> The commercial package from Morningstar has something similar to
> /etc/ppp/ip-up.
>
> Others have used 'finger' to force the delivery of the queue such that
> when the dialup system connected then it would do the finger operation to
> your server so that it would do the queue run.
>
> Or, you can simply say "you need to connect for at least 1.5 hours per
> day without a break to ensure that you will get your mail." and let the
> normal hour delivery cycle do the queue run.
>
>
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> From: retsam[SMTP:retsam@sluh.edu]
> Sent: Tuesday, April 09, 1996 11:15 AM
> To: linux-net
> Subject: SMTP
>
>
> Does anyone know of a way to setup SMTP so that I can have my linux box
> collect smtpmail for another SMTP server on a diaup network so that when
> the dialup network connects the collected mail will be sent on to the
> dialup SMTP server?
>
> What I have is a Linuxbox Running DNS and SMTP directly connected to the
> internet. I want remote offices to be able to dial up and recieve mail on
>
> thier NT MS Exchange SMTP servers. I dont want them connected 24 hours a
> day. This will save on Telco charges and modem costs.
>
