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North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: Comments on Routing and Allocation Policy Wanted
>From: [email protected] (Patrick Horgan) >> From: "Walter O. Haas" <[email protected]> >> >> Somehow I'm under the impression that it's possible to have SMTP over a >> PPP dialup by logging into the mail server, is that not correct? > >Not exactly. smtp is just a tcp protocol. You only need to do a tcp [snip] >One easy way to do mail is to nfs mount the directory containing [snip] >The next choice is POP (Post Office Protocol). With pop, your machine [snip] Alternatively, if you want to SMTP over email for a domain over the dialup connection, assign the PPP client a primary MX record and a fully connected server on the PPP server's network a secondary. The PPP reconnect script on the client can be instrumented to flush the outgoing queue and also send email to pseudo alias on the secondary MX server that triggers a flush of its incoming queue for your domain. You have to make sure you dialup at least once every three days or so. This strategy requires the PPP client have a static IP. Sanjay.
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