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From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@FreeBSD.org>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Offline email and news with FreeBSD
Date: Thu, 08 Aug 1996 01:12:42 -0700
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To: Neil Clark <nbc@vulture.dmem.strath.ac.uk>
Neil Clark wrote:
> Ideally then I would like to disconnect, answer the email, reconnect
> and punt the replies back to the POP server. However, "popclient" does
> not seem to allow this.
That's easier than you think. Edit your /etc/sendmail.cf file and stick
the name of your "relay" host (not necessarily your pop server, this is
simply any host which is willing to accept mail for delivery on your
behalf) in for the `DS' field ("Smart Relay Host"). Fill this field
in and reboot your machine. Now all mail you try to send when offline
will simply queue up for delivery to the relay host. When you next
connect your machine to the network, it will either dump it
automatically to the relay host within 30 minutes (the default) or you
can force it by running (as root): sendmail -q
--
- Jordan Hubbard
President, FreeBSD Project