qmail doesn't support ETRN though does it ?
[root@linux qmail-1.03]# grep -i etrn *
[root@linux qmail-1.03]#
[root@linux qmail-1.03]# telnet localhost 25
Trying 127.0.0.1...
Connected to localhost.
Escape character is '^]'.
220 fashion.dynip.com ESMTP
etrn my.host.com
502 unimplemented (#5.5.1)
Eric Dahnke wrote:
> You're talking about batch processing of mail via dial-up. I believe
> your only options are fetchmail, UUCP, ETRN or serialmail. All of which
> will move the mail in one form or another. Look at the different
> features of each package and figure out which one to install. Personally
> I use fetchmail and serialmail. fetchmail is an increadibly convoluted
> piece of software. very buggy in my opinion. but once you get it set up
> and stop touching it it will work well. serialmail works very well. No
> complaits.
>
> check out ETRN and UUCP
>
> Scott Sharkey escribi�:
>
> > Hello All!
> >
> > This is the third time I've posted, without response. Either
> > it's not getting out, or no one knows the answer, or I should
> > be reading a FAQ somewhere. Can anyone please point me to the
> > right FAQ?
> >
> > Message Follows:
> >
> > I've got a mail server on a private network (192.168.x.x) which
> > I want to periodically pick up mail from my server that's
> > co-located elsewhere. Both servers are running qmail.
> >
> > The public server has MX records for my domain, pointing to
> > it. Mail to/from there seems to be working just fine.
> > Right now, I'm just using a pop client to pick up the mail
> > when I'm connected, but that's not a good solution.
> >
> > I want the private server to periodically dialin, pick up
> > the messages, send any that are queued (this is already
> > working), and deliver via POP (also already working).
> >
> > SO, do I switch the public server from handling the mail
> > as a standard domain to a virtual domain? How do I get
> > the private server (which has a DYNAMIC IP address) to
> > pickup the mail?
> >
> > I've looked at both fetchmail and serialmail. I think I
> > understand how to do this with fetchmail, but I cannot
> > make heads or tails of the serialmail "docs". I would
> > LOVE to do this via ssh tunnelling if I can.
> >
> > It seems that serialmail will only work if the dialin
> > server has a static IP address (ie, there's no way to
> > tell it to send to my dialup dynamic address?)
> >
> > Any advice, suggestions, etc?
>
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