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Date:      Thu, 30 Oct 1997 16:08:48 +1100 (EST)
From:      "Daniel O'Callaghan" <danny@panda.hilink.com.au>
To:        xiyuan qian <xiyuan@npc.haplink.com.cn>
Cc:        freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Which one?
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.91.971030155359.524w-100000@panda.hilink.com.au>
In-Reply-To: <199710301118.LAA06302@npc.haplink.com.cn>

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On Thu, 30 Oct 1997, xiyuan qian wrote:

> 
> Hi, I am working with developing a simple email gate program. That is dial out
> to the ISP to get the email message then distribute the message to the right 
> user based on the To: line. I think I can carry it out by two methods:
> 
> 1. When I get the To: line and the email message, send the message to the user
>   by the internal mail function;
> 2. Direct operate the /var/mail/user file, append the message to this file;
> 
> Which one is the favourite one? Is there any problem when the dial line 
> disconnect suddenly? 

You should use uucp for this.  What do you do when the 'To:' just says
'To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org'???  How do you know which users to deliver to?

Danny



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