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Re: E-commerce made easy



On Mon, Mar 12, 2001 at 11:00:27AM +0100, Russell Coker wrote:
> 
> To avoid getting hit by the DUL myself I have my laptop configured with 
> Postfix on localhost, Postfix sends mail to a port on localhost which is 
> owned by inetd.  Inetd runs ssh to connect to my server and the SMTP 
> communication runs through this.  So I can send mail from anywhere in the 
> world and it comes from my server, so I can send mail even when the ISP I am 
> using has it's relays blocked by ORBS etc.
> 
> This isn't so hard to do.  I would be happy to assist anyone who is having 
> trouble setting it up.
> 

I don't have my own permanent server yet, and I don't want to have to
forward via the Debian servers if I don't have to.

Is it possible to have the SMTP server on my localhost (my travelling
laptop) configured to try a direct mail connection if possible, and then
only fall back to an external server if that fails (when it hits a
DUL-sensitive server)?

And slightly off-topic, what are the pros and cons of postfix over exim?

Drew

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