From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Jan 2 09:58:44 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id JAA19317 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 2 Jan 1998 09:58:44 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from argon.linkzone.com (argon.linkzone.com [204.182.59.32]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id JAA19311 for ; Fri, 2 Jan 1998 09:58:41 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mlt@linkzone.com) Received: from localhost (mlt@localhost) by argon.linkzone.com (8.8.7/8.8.5) with SMTP id JAA05698; Fri, 2 Jan 1998 09:57:03 -0800 (PST) Date: Fri, 2 Jan 1998 09:57:03 -0800 (PST) From: Mark Turrin To: TERO Paul cc: "'freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG'" Subject: Re: Dial-in and Dial-Out ISP In-Reply-To: <98Jan3.012036est.28741@firewall.atsic.gov.au> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Sat, 3 Jan 1998, TERO Paul wrote: > Hi, > > I'm wanting to set up an low-cost internet (mail-only at this stage) > node for various "bush-communities" here in the centre of Australia. > > It seems that FreeBSD is the way to go. > > However, the concept that I have is similar to Netmail and BBS nodes > that toss and scan for mail. > > I want the communities to be able to dial into this node to either > collect and/or receive email. The node will then be scheduled to dial > into a live internet node (say twice a day) and exchange my clients > email. > > This way I don't have to pay for expensive live internet connections in > an environment where there is little traffic and low line speed > available (as low as 1200 baud in some circumstances). > > Your thoughts please. Is this possible with FreeBSD? It sounds like you want to set up a UUCP link and yes BSD should be able to do this. Study up on UUCP mail exchange. Take Care, ___________________________________________________________________ Mark L. Turrin Drag me, drop me, treat me like an object! mlt@linkzone.com