From owner-freebsd-isp Tue Aug 12 07:40:49 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id HAA25284 for isp-outgoing; Tue, 12 Aug 1997 07:40:49 -0700 (PDT) Received: from netrail.net (netrail.net [205.215.10.3]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id HAA25279 for ; Tue, 12 Aug 1997 07:40:47 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (jonz@localhost) by netrail.net (8.8.6/8.8.6) with SMTP id KAA07349; Tue, 12 Aug 1997 10:39:26 GMT Date: Tue, 12 Aug 1997 10:39:26 +0000 (GMT) From: "Jonathan A. Zdziarski" To: "Daniel O'Callaghan" cc: andrew@ugh.net.au, freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Holding mail overnight In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk I usually put them in as primary MX and us as secondary - never got any 'could not be delivered' messages. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jonathan A. Zdziarski NetRail Incorporated Server Engineering Manager 230 Peachtree St. Suite 500 jonz@netrail.net Atlanta, GA 30303 http://www.netrail.net (888) - NETRAIL ------------------------------------------------------------------------- On Tue, 12 Aug 1997, Daniel O'Callaghan wrote: : :On Tue, 12 Aug 1997 andrew@ugh.net.au wrote: : :> What do people recommend for holding mail overnight? We have a customer :> who has a permanent modem connection from 8am to 5pm and wants a box at :> their end to handle mail. :> :> I can just put an MX record in but then you get "cannot be delivered for :> 4 hours" messages. Should I try UUCP over TCP? : :Why 8am-5pm? Do you use the modem in your rotary at night? :It depends on what is at the other end, but I have had a customer using :uucp over tcp for the last 18 months. Works fine. :You can change the 4hours if you like, too, to say 24 hours but it does :not cover the weekends. : :Danny :