On Thu, Nov 13, 2003 at 05:37:07AM +0000, Payal Rathod wrote: >>>I am setting up a (qmail) mail server for a friend in totally >>>non-computer industries. She wants local mailing and external >>>mailing. She is onslow dial-upwhich is not digital at all. In this >>>circumstances is it better to directly send mails to the desired >>>recipents or it is better to smarthost them thru' my ISP. I >>>amlookingat 2 things here, namely reliality of mail delivering and >>>speed. Knowing typical Indian scenario better what do you suggest?
In a dialup setup, a combination of exim, fetchmail, wvdial works better than qmail IMO. Smarthost is a better choice since many good ISPs block mails directly sending from dialup pool. You can refer http://www.kumarayil.net/howtos-index.htm. I have put working config files too for the above said programs. Regards -- .''`. Dileep M. Kumar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : :' : http://www.kumarayil.net `. `'` Mobile: 98474-47437 `- Debian GNU/Linux - Choice of the Freedom Lovers ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email sponsored by: ApacheCon 2003, 16-19 November in Las Vegas. Learn firsthand the latest developments in Apache, PHP, Perl, XML, Java, MySQL, WebDAV, and more! http://www.apachecon.com/ _______________________________________________ linux-india-help mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help
