Tim Legant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> ofmipd is a substitute for qmail-smtpd. It's expressly designed to
> accept mail from (slighly dopey) PC clients through SMTP rather than
> from other SMTP servers. Now, we all know there should be no difference,
> but in reality, those clients can cause difficulties. ofmipd is a
> possible solution.
>
> You would run qmail-smtpd as your main SMTP server and point your MX
> records at that IP. You would run ofmipd on a different IP and tell your
> students to configure their mail clients to point to that box. It's
> simple and perhaps worth thinking about.
I can recommend this approach. We do something similar here, using
ipchains to redirect local users from port 25 to another port where
ofmipd handles their mail. No need for the users to reconfigure
anything.
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