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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!swidir.switch.ch!scsing.switch.ch!news.belwue.de!fu-berlin.de!news.mathworks.com!news.kei.com!ddsw1!news.mcs.net!chilton!chris From: chris@vindaloo.com (Christopher Sean Hilton) Subject: Re: Dial-on-demand internet connection? Organization: Vindaloo communications Message-ID: <1995Aug16.135902.23409@vindaloo.com> References: <40r65d$bc8@central.co.nz> Date: Wed, 16 Aug 95 13:59:02 GMT Lines: 23 In article <40r65d$bc8@central.co.nz>, Mark Penney <dreama@central.co.nz> wrote: >My initial requirement if for email. I would like to have my FreeBSD box >on the lan, with a modem hooked up to it. When someone sends email from >Pegasus mail on their PC on the lan it goes to the FreeBSD box that dials >the internet provider (PPP) and sends the email. When it is connected, >and on a regular basis, it would also grab the email that is waiting for >us and put it into users POP mailboxes for them to grab later. Can you get your provider to give you a UUCP feed for mail? I'm using that very happily here. It required modifications of the sendmail.cf file but once Joerg Wunsch explained that process to me it was pretty simple. All in all the whole process took a day of learning. -- -- Chris Hilton <chris@vindaloo.com> -+- For PGP Key: finger chilton@mcs.net Officer: We've analyzed their attack, sir, and there is a danger. Should