On Tue, May 01, 2001 at 02:44:04PM -0500, Jim O'Leary wrote:
> We've recently switched from "sendmail" to "qmail" as the "SMTP Server" for
> the majority of Eudora/Outlook/Messenger clients on campus.
Well, this isn't an exact answer to your question - Charles already
addressed that, but it's a comment about some additional software you
might want to look into.
Since you're a university and presumably have a spare IP or two, you
might want to look into DJB's "mess822" package
(http://cr.yp.to/mess822.html). One of the programs included therein is
called "ofmipd".
ofmipd is a substitute for qmail-smtpd. It's expressly designed to
accept mail from (slighly dopey) PC clients through SMTP rather than
from other SMTP servers. Now, we all know there should be no difference,
but in reality, those clients can cause difficulties. ofmipd is a
possible solution.
You would run qmail-smtpd as your main SMTP server and point your MX
records at that IP. You would run ofmipd on a different IP and tell your
students to configure their mail clients to point to that box. It's
simple and perhaps worth thinking about.
Tim
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* * * | 1) It's SLOW! --> "man tcpserver" - especially -R,-H,-l
qmail | 2) Roaming users --> http://www.lifewithqmail.org/lwq.html#relaying
FAQS | 3) Secondary MX --> list in rcpthosts, NOT in locals/virtualdomains
* * * | 4) Discard mail --> "#" line ONLY, in appropriate .qmail file
