From: patrick@Verity.COM (Patrick Horgan)
From: "Walter O. Haas" <haas@xmission.com>
Somehow I'm under the impression that it's possible to have SMTP over a PPP dialup by logging into the mail server, is that not correct?
Not exactly. smtp is just a tcp protocol. You only need to do a tcp [snip] One easy way to do mail is to nfs mount the directory containing [snip] The next choice is POP (Post Office Protocol). With pop, your machine [snip]
Alternatively, if you want to SMTP over email for a domain over the dialup connection, assign the PPP client a primary MX record and a fully connected server on the PPP server's network a secondary. The PPP reconnect script on the client can be instrumented to flush the outgoing queue and also send email to pseudo alias on the secondary MX server that triggers a flush of its incoming queue for your domain. You have to make sure you dialup at least once every three days or so. This strategy requires the PPP client have a static IP. Sanjay.