Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2000 01:16:38 +0100 From: "Leif Neland" <leif@neland.dk> To: "Jonathan M. Bresler" <jmb@hub.freebsd.org> Cc: <freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: ppp, incoming mail keeping the line up. Message-ID: <006e01bf6212$ba40b740$0e00a8c0@neland.dk> References: <20000118020736.E1AD4150AD@hub.freebsd.org>
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From: "Jonathan M. Bresler" <jmb@hub.freebsd.org> To: <leif@neland.dk> Cc: <freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2000 3:07 AM Subject: Re: ppp, incoming mail keeping the line up. > >=20 > > I run user-ppp, and I have a mx-record for my system, so incoming = mail =3D > > goes directly to my system. >=20 > this is asking for trouble. you should get yourself an MX > that is online all the time and will store your mail for you. you can > then pick it up whenever you want using APOP or POP thru SSH....i > peronsally use APOP thru SSH via fetchmail ;) >=20 I have a higher numbered MX online all the time, and used to pick up by = ETRN. Now I pick up by uucp (just for the heck of it), but still have myself = as lowest MX, to get mail fast while online. I don't like fetchmail to handle all my adresses and aliases. Leif To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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