On Wed, 03 Nov 1999, you wrote:
> Hi
>
> Just my 2c about sendmail configuration for dial-in machines:
>
> In my opinion, the best way to deal with the sendmail+PPP is to find a
> "smart host" which will get all the e-mails originating from the local
> machine and let it think for us. Picking-up the mail is done with
> "fetchmail" or something similar.
> Normally, ISP-s should allow relying from their own PPP-clients...
>
> Also, there is absolutely no need for a sendmail-demon on such a machine.
> Turn it off, and run the "sendmail -q" and "fetchmail" every time the
> PPP-connection is established (from /etc/ppp/ip-up.local) in order to
> empty the (outgoing) mail queue and fetch the new mail.
>
> cu
> Denis
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> Mag. Denis Havlik <http://www.ap.univie.ac.at/users/havlik>
> University of Vienna ||| e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> (By Linus Torvalds)
Hear, hear!
Plus get the 'install-sendmail' script, which does an *excellent* job
at configuring sendmail and fetchmail for you.
(http://members.xoom.com/xeer/index.html). This should be included in
the next M-version...
Regards
tom
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