From owner-freebsd-isp Fri Jun 25 20: 1: 2 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from loki.intrepid.net (intrepid.net [204.71.127.3]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CF52D14CB6 for ; Fri, 25 Jun 1999 20:00:58 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mark@loki.intrepid.net) Received: (from mark@localhost) by loki.intrepid.net (8.8.5/8.8.5) id XAA29142; Fri, 25 Jun 1999 23:00:46 -0400 Message-ID: <19990625230045.E27652@intrepid.net> Date: Fri, 25 Jun 1999 23:00:45 -0400 From: Mark Conway Wirt To: jfesler@gigo.com, Stuart Henderson Cc: Bryan Bunch , "Mike Avery (on the road)" , freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: why not uucp, instead of smtp and static ip? References: <3773B194.BAC2F717@eclipse.net.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.93.2 In-Reply-To: ; from jfesler@gigo.com on Fri, Jun 25, 1999 at 09:44:16AM -0700 Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Fri, Jun 25, 1999 at 09:44:16AM -0700, jfesler@gigo.com wrote: > > Exchange doesn't even let you use ETRN if you use an ISDN router. > > Somebody (can't remember who off hand) made a "etrn.exe" for windows. It > didn't care what mail program you ran or anything else. It simply asked > for etrn. Our on-demand ISDN users used it as an event; the network > traffic caused the routers to dial automaticly. It worked well for them, > regardless of whether it was exchange, notes, or whatever other hoaky > excuse for smtp they had... > On a positive note, I have more and more clients asking for us to implement a UNIX based mail server for them. Usually the ask for Linux, but I guess that's what's in the news. I have at least one that's considering FreeBSD. Couple 'o years ago, no one would have asked for UNIX :-) --Mark To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message