On Mon, Apr 03, 2000 at 12:01:22PM +0200, Robert Bihlmeyer wrote: > There are apparently a number of ISPs that do well in providing an IP > pipe, but suck big rocks when it comes to administering a mail server. > > This number will certainly grow as more and more infrastructure > (phone, cable, electricity) providers will jump on the service > provider bandwagon.
Then there is a market for relay providers. > You must not forget the users. If Debian comes to the consensus that > DUL is a Good Thing, this affects users, too. All MTA packages should > probably come with a big fat warning that you should use a relay if > your IP is dynamic. Well, eximconfig already says (2) Internet site using smarthost: You receive Internet mail on this machine, either directly by SMTP or by running a utility such as fetchmail. Outgoing mail is sent using a smarthost. optionally with addresses rewritten. This is probably what you want for a dialup system. Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt VK3SB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>