Oops, forgot to send this to the list earlier.
So,for those of you for which it may be of any use.. > Hi, > > You could try if using the IP-address (from web-manager, page "Other email > settings" entry "Internet provider's SMTP server") instead of the name > (smtp.some.isp) will do the job. According to soe others, this ought to > work. > It didn't work for me (somehow ns-lookups where still performed, causing > essg to dialup) - as I did than not have enough time to figure it out all > the way, I started using the the serialmail-package (see below). > > Do a search for "serialmail" on the various boards/forums. > You'll see that you can use a directory (~alias/remote) to store mail in > that is destined for > remote users. After a connection, the contents of the Maildir is sent, using > maildirsmtp, to the ISP's mailserver > > Install > ftp://ftp.e-smith.org/pub/e-smith/contrib/PeterSamuel/RPMS/i386/serialmail-0 > .75-1.i386.rpm > > On a 4.1.2. esgg I did this: > > 1) add :alias-remotedelivery as last line to > /var/qmail/control/virtualdomains > 2) make a Maildir ./remote in ~alias, using: maildirmake ~alias/remote > 3) chown -R alias:qmail ~alias/remote (important!) > 4) make a file ~alias/.qmail-remotedelivery-default ; this contains just > ".remote/ > 5) chown alias:qmail ~alias/.qmail-remotedelivery-default (important!) > 6) killall -HUP qmail-rspawn > > Try to send some dummy-mails to external addresses (preferably yours..:) > These should end up in ~alias/remote/new > Check that with ls -al ~alias/remote/new > > Now, when ppp (dialup) is up, run maildirsmtp from /etc/ppp/ip-up.local , > like: > > /usr/bin/maildirsmtp ~alias/remote alias-remote- > <ip-address-of-smtp-server-of-ISP> <your hostname> > > Tha't's it. > > -Bart- > > > > Hi Folks > > > > How does one queue the out-going mail on the server, to be sent when mail > is > > retrieved from the ISP? We have a few dial-up server and it will become > too > > expensie to dial-up everytime a message is sent? > > > > -- > > Regards > > Brandon Friedman > > Product Manager > > -- Please report bugs to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] (only) to discuss security issues Support for registered customers and partners to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives by mail and http://www.mail-archive.com/devinfo%40lists.e-smith.org
