Re: sendmail up and running or not

[Nick Busigin <nick@xwing.org>]

On Wed, 8 May 1996, Rob Leslie wrote:

> To receive mail directly from the outside, you need to have a host or domain
> name for which mail will be routed to your machine. Sometimes this involves an
> MX record pointing to your machine. It assumes your machine is always
> connected to the net. If this isn't the case, or if you don't have a static
> host or domain name, you probably can't use this kind of mail configuration;
> you might want to look into a POP setup instead using `popclient'.

Another approach worth considering is the use of uucp for email (and news)
transfers.  That's what I use at my site and it works like a charm.  Note
that as mentioned above, your upstream provider must set up an MX record
for your machine or domain, and also set up a uucp account for your
system. 

Using POP to obtain email from your upstream provider is o.k., but is too
limiting and just darned inconvenient.  Using uucp as a transport
mechanism automates sending and receiving of email (and news).  It also
has the benefit allowing you can set up as many email accounts as you
want.

Best regards,

                                    Nick

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Nick Busigin                                                nick@xwing.org
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