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Date:      Fri, 25 Jun 1999 23:00:45 -0400
From:      Mark Conway Wirt <mark@intrepid.net>
To:        jfesler@gigo.com, Stuart Henderson <stuart@eclipse.net.uk>
Cc:        Bryan Bunch <bryanb@walls-media.com>, "Mike Avery (on the road)" <mavery@mail.otherwhen.com>, freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: why not uucp, instead of smtp and static ip?
Message-ID:  <19990625230045.E27652@intrepid.net>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9906250942590.14904-100000@heaven.gigo.com>; from jfesler@gigo.com on Fri, Jun 25, 1999 at 09:44:16AM -0700
References:  <3773B194.BAC2F717@eclipse.net.uk> <Pine.BSF.4.05.9906250942590.14904-100000@heaven.gigo.com>

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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



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