Date: Wed, 20 May 1998 11:59:56 +0200 From: Jos Backus <J.G.E.Backus@urc.tue.nl> To: mike grommet <mgrommet@ns.insolwwb.net> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Use of Freebsd machine as a dial up mail server? Message-ID: <19980520115956.C15879@asterix.urc.tue.nl> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSI.3.91.980519203805.29130A-100000@ns.insolwwb.net>; from mike grommet on Tue, May 19, 1998 at 08:46:06PM -0500 References: <Pine.BSI.3.91.980519203805.29130A-100000@ns.insolwwb.net>
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On Tue, May 19, 1998 at 08:46:06PM -0500, mike grommet wrote: > #1 It must be able to disconnect on some sort of idle timer? say 5 > minutes or so idle time? Userland ppp has a timeout facility. See ``man ppp'' for details. > #2 its going to have a local network ip number on his network (192.0.2.1 > or somesuch) but must "acquire" another internet type ip address when he > dials in... I dont see why this would be a problem, but I want to make sure? Again, ``man ppp'', look for the -alias option. That should do what you want. > is there a method I can use to "kick" the mail server into sending to my > clients machine upon connect or am I forced to wait until sendmail > reprocesses the queue? either way is acceptable, but the first is > preferred of course. Not quite sure what you mean here, but how about asking the provider to perform a queue run a tad after the FreeBSD system connects? Should be easy if they use something like radiusd. And may I suggest qmail as a secure, easy to configure sendmail alternative? http://www.qmail.org Cheers, -- Jos Backus _/ _/_/_/ "Reliability means never _/ _/ _/ having to say you're sorry." _/ _/_/_/ -- D. J. Bernstein _/ _/ _/ _/ jbackus@urc.tue.nl _/_/ _/_/_/ use Std::Disclaimer; To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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