On Tue, 26 Oct 1999 03:32:57 GMT, Sam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
Sam> If you want reliable mail delivery, use a permanent, reliable
Sam> transport, and run SMTP on top of it.
Sam> If you have part time connectivity, use any kind of a part time
Sam> mail transfer protocol, such as POP3, IMAP, or UUCP.
This is impractical for many sites where 24x7 connectivity is
prohibitively expensive, and where the organization is UNIX-clueless
(e.g. a MicroSoft shop).
At such sites, the client organization typically has a machine which
dials into the ISP once or twice a day. Queued up mail on the
<blech>Exchange</bletch> server gets transfered to the ISP and
likewise they want mail which has queued on the ISP mail server to
start feeding into their LAN server. Yes, this is very much like the
way UUCP is used but I haven't seen MS Visual-UUCP hit the market yet :-)
And if it did, the MS Administrator would probably not have the skills
to configure it.
ETRN is a bit of a hack and a security concern but it does work. I'd
love to hear other suggestions for situations like the above where
there's not full-time connectivity and they don't have UNIX/UUCP gurus
on staff.
