convincing smail to accept messages from windows
I'm exposing you a problem on behalf of a friend....
The configuration:
One Linux machine acting as a router/gateway and a couple windows
machines acting as clients.
The Linux box has the modem and can set up a connection to the ISP
using PPP.
The problem:
If the Linux box is online with the ISP, mail messages originating at
the windows machines are delivered to the Linux box that sends them
outside. That's fine.
If the Linux box is off-line, whenever a windows client attempts to
queue a message on the Linux box, smail tries to DNS-lookup the recipient
address and, being off-line, fails and rejects the message. Windows
keeps then the message in queue for later delivery.
This is no good: such a situation implies that both the Linux gateway
and the windows machine are on while, at night time, the gateway moves
the mail through the modem. The requirement is that only the Linux box
be active 24h/day, not also the windows boxes.
Trashing windows is not a possible solutions because 1) one of the
boxes is "daddy's box", and trashing windows would imply trashing dad
too :-) 2) some cool software requires windows, I've tried to convince
the friend that he really doesn't need that kind of software, but
trying to convince a dog to say "meow" would be easier :-)
Any help?
Pf
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