Re: DUL
On Mon, Apr 03, 2000 at 12:01:22PM +0200, Robert Bihlmeyer wrote:
> There are apparently a number of ISPs that do well in providing an IP
> pipe, but suck big rocks when it comes to administering a mail server.
>
> This number will certainly grow as more and more infrastructure
> (phone, cable, electricity) providers will jump on the service
> provider bandwagon.
Then there is a market for relay providers.
> You must not forget the users. If Debian comes to the consensus that
> DUL is a Good Thing, this affects users, too. All MTA packages should
> probably come with a big fat warning that you should use a relay if
> your IP is dynamic.
Well, eximconfig already says
(2) Internet site using smarthost: You receive Internet mail on this
machine, either directly by SMTP or by running a utility such as
fetchmail. Outgoing mail is sent using a smarthost. optionally with
addresses rewritten. This is probably what you want for a dialup
system.
Hamish
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Hamish Moffatt VK3SB <hamish@debian.org> <hamish@cloud.net.au>
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