From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Nov 25 10:52:42 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id KAA08194 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 25 Nov 1997 10:52:42 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id KAA08189 for ; Tue, 25 Nov 1997 10:52:40 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id KAA17393; Tue, 25 Nov 1997 10:52:32 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Date: Tue, 25 Nov 1997 10:52:32 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White Reply-To: Doug White To: Leif Neland cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: fidonet and FBSD In-Reply-To: <410_9711242314@swimsuit.roskildebc.dk> 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 24 Nov 1997, Leif Neland wrote: > The machine with ISDN most of the time runs dos and a fidonet-mailer, > but I boot fbsd on it sometimes to make it a gateway for the other > machines on my net. Works nicely (ppp -auto -alias isdn) > > Does there exist a package, which will accept and deliver stored mail if > a mailer calls in while it is in fbsd? I don't need to run a bbs, just > the mailer part. The unix-mailer doesn't need to dial out or any fancy > stuff, just leave the mail around until dos comes back. Absolutely! Ifmail is in the ports tree. It's a FTN mailer that's been kicking around even since my Fido days 4 or 5 years ago. The port just came in recently so you're in luck. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major