From owner-freebsd-isp Fri Apr 25 05:32:23 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id FAA11862 for isp-outgoing; Fri, 25 Apr 1997 05:32:23 -0700 (PDT) Received: from buffnet4.buffnet.net (buffnet4.buffnet.net [205.246.19.13]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id FAA11820 for ; Fri, 25 Apr 1997 05:31:17 -0700 (PDT) Received: from buffnet11.buffnet.net (shovey@buffnet11.buffnet.net [205.246.19.55]) by buffnet4.buffnet.net (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id IAA03011; Fri, 25 Apr 1997 08:30:07 -0400 (EDT) Date: Fri, 25 Apr 1997 08:30:05 -0400 (EDT) From: Steve To: Jason Fesler cc: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: SMTP gateway clients In-Reply-To: <3.0.1.32.19970424165644.00b05100@pop.calweb.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-isp@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Thu, 24 Apr 1997, Jason Fesler wrote: > At 10:53 AM 4/24/97 -0400, Steve wrote: > > > > > >Anyone know how to support smtp gateways without a static IP on the > >client's end? > > Ya, set up a UUCP session between the two. If you have unix on the calling > side (the lame side w/out a static IP), that one box *can* run SMTP (and > probably will, if you are running sendmail), so that the disconnected > network can use modern tools, but still have a store-and-forward mail > environment. > > As to *really* doing SMTP to a dynamic IP, er.. ya, right. > I thought so - but I had to take a shot in case I was living in the dark or something. A competitor who had the world convinced he was the largest, supported dialup SMTP. of course this was because in reality he had 32 lines and didnt have the class C boundary crossing problems associated with having hundreds of lines.