On Wed, Dec 11, 2002 at 07:36:54PM +0100, Robert Land wrote: > On Wed, Dec 11, 2002 at 05:12:16PM +0000, Colin Watson wrote: > > Batched SMTP is a slightly more specialized technique, used when you're > > getting a group of messages from some source other than normal SMTP and > > injecting them into the mail system all at once. The basic idea is that > > you save (i.e. "batch") the transaction that would normally happen on > > port 25 to a file, and replay it later. I use this for list mail > > I'm sorry, I can't get the idea - wouldn't it be easier if your friends > server mta hand all messages adressed to you to the mta on your mashine?
I don't have a static IP, so that's not practical, no. This setup works well, and has the added bonus that Debian list mail goes only through debian.org machines until I fetch it. > > so that the friend who runs the server where my mail normally goes > > doesn't have to deal with the 500 messages a day from all my Debian > > list > > How are you able to deal with all these messages? I ignore a lot of stuff. :) > > At any rate, all three of these mechanisms (TCP connection to port 25, > > BSMTP, plain sendmail) go through your local mail transport agent, as > > does any other normal means of sending mail in Unix. > > Root on my system has a variable MAIL in his env - is this something > used back in history of linux or even unix? I don't know offhand. -- Colin Watson [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
