On Wed, Dec 11, 2002 at 04:04:32PM -0500, Derrick 'dman' Hudson wrote: > Note that the data stream looks the same, except there is no response > from the server. The "batched" comes from the intent that the data > stream will be saved and then later fed into an MTA. An example > usage, as Colin indicated, is for a high-availability server to accept > the messages via SMTP (over TCP) and store the client machine's SMTP > commands in a file. The messages will be collected as they arrive, > then at some point the file will be transferred to a low-availability > server for delivery. The low-availability server receives all the > messages at once (as a "batch" job) via BSMTP.
Derrick, please forgive me if this question sounds stupid ( I know I have to reread a lot of network stuff), but I have the impression that the high-availability server in Colins example acts somehow as a relay mashine with a buffer feature added to it? Does this mean the mashine of Colins friend does no verification, filtering or whatever, just collects the debian-list messages and sends the whole bunch on demand? What is the exact definition of a high-availability server? Robert -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
