Hello Dave, On Fri, 18 Oct 2002 15:13:17 -0700 GMT (19/10/02, 05:13 +0700 GMT), Dave Crocker wrote:
> The problem with running an SMTP server on your own machine is that > you have then made yourself into an ISP. I am not sure about this. ISP = Internet Service Provider. The only service I would provide in that case is SMTP service to myself. I thought an ISP is a company that offers internet services to the public, such as dial-up services. > That is, you must have very good, full-time access. Not so. You need to be connected while you are sending messages, and until they are sent. That's all. (BTW this is the reason for me not to run my own SMTP server: I'm on dial-up.) -- Cheers, Thomas. Moderator der deutschen The Bat! Beginner Liste. All generalizations are false. Message reply created with The Bat! 1.62/Beta6 under Chinese Windows 98 4.10 Build 2222 A using an AMD Athlon K7 1.2GHz, 128MB RAM ________________________________________________ Current version is 1.61 | "Using TBUDL" information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
