On 9 March 2013, Stuart Henderson <s...@spacehopper.org> wrote:
> On 2013-03-08, frantisek holop <min...@obiit.org> wrote:
> > hi there,
> >
> > i am fishing for ideas from others regarding how to read/send email
> > in my current life situation (=being on the road all the time
> > connecting once in a while with 3rd world wifi).
> >
> > i have my own mail server, that i can setup as i want. i am
> > travelling with my notebook. my preferred setup would be something
> > that downloads my mails when i am connected, then i can write
> > answers locally even when being offline, and these would be sent
> > automatically (through my server) when i come online again. my mail
> > client is mutt.
> >
> > any road warriors living like this with a rock solid well tested
> > setup?
> >
> > -f
>
> How about UUCP over TCP?
>
> Since your Received: headers show postfix, see
> http://www.postfix.org/UUCP_README.html (but of course it's possible
> with other MTAs).
+1 for UUCP over TCP. Unlike newer protocols such as POP3 and
ETRN, it was specifically designed to cope with crappy lines. You'll
never lose mail with it, and you won't end up with duplicate messages
or corrupt mailboxes, regardless of how many times your connection goes
down during transfers. Use stunnel and relayd to wrap it in SSL, and
you're done.
Regards,
Liviu Daia
