From owner-freebsd-questions Tue May 19 18:47:40 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id SAA12846 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Tue, 19 May 1998 18:47:40 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from ns.insolwwb.net (mgrommet@ns.insolwwb.net [206.31.149.200]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id SAA12803 for ; Tue, 19 May 1998 18:47:24 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mgrommet@ns.insolwwb.net) Received: (from mgrommet@localhost) by ns.insolwwb.net (8.8.7/8.7.3) id UAA29650; Tue, 19 May 1998 20:46:06 -0500 (CDT) Date: Tue, 19 May 1998 20:46:06 -0500 (CDT) From: mike grommet To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Use of Freebsd machine as a dial up mail server? Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG A client of ours uses a, shall we say, third party piece of software for providing mail service to his entire network. It dials in periodically and picks up email via smtp and his individual machines pop3 the mail over to their local PCs. Unfortunately the software he is using stinks. (no names). I am suggesting the use of a small (486 dx2) freebsd mail server to dial in and pick up mail via smtp just like what he has now... Now, I've used freebsd for lots of things but I just need to make sure it can do a few things... #1 It must be able to disconnect on some sort of idle timer? say 5 minutes or so idle time? #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? 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. Its just _got_ to be more reliable than what hes using, as what he is using doesnt work well at all... Thanks for advice guys! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message