Standalone E-Mail

[Janina Sajka]

It slows the boot process considerably on my system.

Also, I was not suggesting keeping a queu of outgoing mail for 4 or 5
days. I was saying that our isp holds our incoming mail that long, giving
us a chance to fix whatever it is that is keeping us off-line. This is
sufficient to hold mail should the server go down at the beginning of a
three or four day holliday weekend--assuming no one would go in just to
fix mail for a company that's not open for business.


On Sun, 25 Jun 2000, Victor Tsaran wrote:

> Well, I am not sure what you mean when you say that Sendmail daemon slows
> down the system. It certainly doesn't in my case. My Sendmail simply tries
> the message and if the connection is not present, itwill try later. I
> wouldn't keep my mail for four days waiting to be sent!
> Vic
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Janina Sajka" <janina at afb.net>
> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
> Sent: Sunday, June 25, 2000 2:44 PM
> Subject: Re: Standalone E-Mail
> 
> 
> > Hi, Victor:
> >
> > Well, and it makes sense. I guess I just don't see the logic of having a
> > mailor like sendmail always active if it can't be doing its job. Only
> > slows down system performance.
> >
> > Besides, it's really cool to be able to write and queu mail while
> > off-line. It's useful, for example, if I'm sitting in a conference and
> > someone says to me, "Can you send me that in email?" I just do it right
> > then.
> >
> > Janina
> >
> >
> > On Sun, 25 Jun 2000, Victor Tsaran wrote:
> >
> > > Hi, Janina!
> > > I just wrote the same advice to Brad on another list. What a
> coincidence!
> > > Regards,
> > > Vic
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Janina Sajka" <janina at afb.net>
> > > To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
> > > Sent: Sunday, June 25, 2000 8:48 AM
> > > Subject: Standalone E-Mail
> > >
> > >
> > > > Hi, Brett:
> > > >
> > > > I just wanted to drop you note about how I handle mail on my notebook
> > > > computer. Needless to say, it's off-line a lot. First, it's not my
> main
> > > > machine when I'm in the office, and it's off-line a lot when I travel
> > > > because I'm on a plane, or something. Becides, in places like Europe,
> it's
> > > > far too expensive to just leave it up online from one's hotel room.
> > > >
> > > > So, here's what I do. I hope it helps you:
> > > >
> > > > 1.) I use fetchmail to get all of my incoming mail from my isp after
> > > > establishing a ppp connection;
> > > >
> > > > 2.) Since I use sendmail as my mailor, I then issue the command --
> > > >
> > > > sendmail -q0
> > > >
> > > > that's send mail dash q zero
> > > >
> > > > to dump the messages that have been qued for transmittal.
> > > >
> > > > This works because sendmail is not loaded as a daemon on my system.
> It's
> > > > only active when I issue the command above, or another specific
> sendmail
> > > > command.
> > > >
> > > > This way, I can write all the messages I want in Pine without trouble,
> > > > whether or not I'm writing on the airplane, or at my desk in my room,
> and
> > > > whether or not I'm online when I write them. They're simply qued for
> later
> > > > transmittal, which is accomplished by the sendmail -q0 command once
> I'm
> > > > online.
> > > >
> > > > PS: I've also set the smtp address in my Pine configuration to my isp.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > >
> > > > Janina Sajka, Director
> > > > Information Systems Research & Development
> > > > American Foundation for the Blind (AFB)
> > > >
> > > > janina at afb.net
> > > >
> > > >
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> > Janina Sajka, Director
> > Information Systems Research & Development
> > American Foundation for the Blind (AFB)
> >
> > janina at afb.net
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				Janina Sajka, Director
				Information Systems Research & Development
				American Foundation for the Blind (AFB)

janina at afb.net