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Date:      Wed, 10 Feb 1999 21:06:11 -0500 (EST)
From:      Troy Settle <rewt@i-Plus.net>
To:        "(ML) FreeBSD ISP" <freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: dummy-pop3 server
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.990210205806.10521C-100000@Radford.i-Plus.net>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9902081527420.9241-100000@kasie.rwsystems.net>

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On Mon, 8 Feb 1999, James Wyatt wrote:

> On Mon, 8 Feb 1999, Mike Jenkins wrote:
> > > I'm trying to redirect port 110 traffic to the appropriate host. I had
> 
> The original question led me to think the older server was to be retired
> from service. The plug/netcat/socket/plug-gw/etc... will *never* get the
> users off of the old server.

The solutions provided in this thread apply for both retirement and a
temporary fix to a stupid admin problem.

My problem is the latter.  I deliver mail to $HOME/.mail, and while this
works great for keeping user files all together, it blew up in my face
when I moved $HOME to NFS.

Using procmail for local delivery has worked great, even in an NFS
environment, but for some reason, the popper (cucipop) gets ahead of
itself when shoveling messages to the users.  The mailbox format is 100%
correct, yet on occasion, a message will terminate abruptly and
immediately cut into the next message.

This doesn't happen very often, and the same cucipop binary works
flawlessly when run from the host where the filesystem lives.  This is
only happening over NFS, and only when popping mail.

Anyways, netcat is working out very well.  I've not had any complaints on
the new setup.  Now, I just need to find the time and money to build a new
box so I can get the shell/mail server shoved off into it's own little
world.


--
  Troy Settle <st@i-Plus.net>
  Network Administrator, iPlus Internet Services
  http://www.i-Plus.net



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