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Date:      Mon, 27 Jan 1997 22:55:12 +1030 (CST)
From:      Peter Childs <pjchilds@imforei.apana.org.au>
To:        davidn@unique.usn.blaze.net.au (David Nugent), freebsd-isp@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: MS Exchange client
Message-ID:  <199701271225.WAA21823@al.imforei.apana.org.au>

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In article <5bbs3l$821$1@al.imforei.apana.org.au> you wrote:

: > to have 207.51.167.3 handle its mail, so when sendmail processes its que,
: > it would seem that it would try to send the mail right back to itself.

: I recall reading about a new control line in sendmail which
: you can tell it to deliver "direct" if you're the final MX
: target for a domain/host and it isn't a local name. I don't
: recall what it is, but that is probably the easiest method. I
: use something slightly different.

HELP ETRN
214-ETRN [ <hostname> | @<domain> | #<queuename> ]
214-    Run the queue for the specified <hostname>, or
214-    all hosts within a given <domain>, or a specially-named
214-    <queuename> (implementation-specific).

 Using both this and the suggestion that David suggested would be the
 best IMHO.   Your host (freebsd workstation) is the primary MX which
 redirects mail to smtpgate.there.host which is queued when they are
 not connected.

 When they connect get them to stuff a ETRN at sendmail and watch it
 all start to flow.    Its probably worth getting the sendmail book
 and reading up on queue management.  The "new" version of the book
 should be out soon.

 If they say can't connect for a day or two you would then want to
 know how to stop everything bouncing.   Its pretty much a must-have
 if your working with mail :) 

 Regards,
   Peter

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