Re: tlug: Once again sendmail problem/solution

[Dennis McMurchy <denismcm@example.com>]

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tlug note from Dennis McMurchy <denismcm@example.com>
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On Fri, 23 May 1997, Stephen J. Turnbull wrote:

>     Dennis>   Finally one of the engineers at gol.com suggested
>     Dennis> defining a relay host (e.g. relay.gol.com), because my
> [ snip ]
> 
>     Dennis>   I haven't tested it a lot, but the piece that was stuck
>     Dennis> in the mail queue earlier has now gone out without any
>     Dennis> fuss.
> 
> This is a *good* idea, unless you have a strong reason (eg, you are
> doing obnoxious bulk mail via promiscuous relays) to conceal your
> domain of origin, or you distrust your relay host (I don't relay
> things because shako.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp goes down a lot more than
> turnbull.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp does :-( ), or you're always in a tearing
> hurry to get things delivered (relay hosts tend to be high volume, so
> they can get high efficiencies by batching transmissions to the same
> host together every hour or few hours).

  Good to know you approve.  Actually, I just checked on some mail
sent (by relay) to my wife at my account in Canada.  It's still getting
there instantly, even with the use of the relay.
  
Dennis McMurchy, 
Tojinmachi, Fukuoka


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