On Wed, 26 Apr 2000, Peter van Dijk wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 26, 2000 at 06:45:40PM +0200, Markus Stumpf wrote:
> > On Mon, Apr 24, 2000 at 07:06:13AM -0700, Glenn Strauss wrote:
> > > My primary MX is currently on the end of a DSL line with a static IP,
> > > but when that goes down, I'll have a dynamic IP on the end of a dial-up
> > > line (so SMTP ETRN is out).
> >
> > In this case the AutoTURN is no option for you, as with the standard
> > setup you still need a static IP address.
> > However, maybe someone wrote a system similar to "SMTP after POP" that
> > does "SMTP-send after POP".
>
> I have implemented (but not tested yet ;) this as part of my virtual-domain
> checkpassword replacement.
>
> It's not opensource (yet), unfortunately.
Look at www.qmail.org. There I saw a patch for just this scenario.
A dummy pop3 connection triggers maildir2smtp delivery. Any other
connection is suitable where you can determine the client IP (ssh is
suitable).
Robert Varga
