from a glance, it seems this allows for pushing email to the client, which would only be possible for MTN to do in this scenario, with the private IPs.
I wouldnt mind if ISPs would start using more public IPs here. That would allow for more services offerings in the market. rgds, Reinier Battenberg Director Mountbatten Ltd. +256 782 801 749 www.mountbatten.net On Friday 08 August 2008 04:23:01 Mark Tinka wrote: > On Thursday 07 August 2008 20:37:32 Simon Vass wrote: > > Using fetchmail to download mail from a catchall > > POP3/IMAP mailbox has worked well for me in the past when > > I didn't have a public IP. It can sift through and work > > out who the mail is for via the from field even though > > all the mail is essentially stored in one box. I would > > advise getting a mailbox as large as money can afford + > > get a spam/antivirus service. > > At my previous employer, we had a situation where ETRN was > used to send queued e-mail to on-demand customers, i.e., > dial-up, but the problem with this is that it required > statically assigned IP addresses. This was a management > nightmare. > > So we switched to ODMR (On Demand Mail Relay), which will > queue e-mail and deliver it on-demand to dynamically > assigned IP addresses. > > It works quite beautifully, actually, just that this needs > to be installed at the ISP end. > > ODMR is great because it's based on ATRN, which supports > customer authentication, unlike ETRN. > > Look here for the code: > > http://plonk.de/sw/odmr/ > > Cheers, > > Mark. _______________________________________________ LUG mailing list [email protected] http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug %LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. ---------------------------------------
