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- Path: mail2news.demon.co.uk!rekab.demon.co.uk
- From: Martin Leslie Baker <mlb@rekab.demon.co.uk>
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: Help me with AmiTCP Mailer
- Date: Sun, 21 Jan 96 10:32:18 GMT
- Organization: Baker Print
- Message-ID: <9601211032.AA000n3@rekab.demon.co.uk>
- References: <9601202026.AA000af@fieldv.demon.co.uk> <9601202254.AA000mj@rekab.demon.co.uk> <9601210800.AA007tq@stokes.demon.co.uk>
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- Philip Stokes (phil@stokes.demon.co.uk) wrote:
- : Martin Leslie Baker (mlb@rekab.demon.co.uk) wrote:
- :
- : [about multiple mailboxes with Demon ISP]
- :
- : > You could connect your two computers and use some sort of Local Network to
- : > send the mail to the other machine.
- :
- : Yes. Probably the only way of doing it without getting a second
- : account (and hostname) for your other machine.
-
- Yes. ;)
-
- : > Or you could write a script to send mail for the other user back to Demon
- : > so that it is retrieved next time round. A bit silly IMO.
- :
- : And if any mail arrived for the other user in the meantime you would
- : download that as well, and be back at square one.
-
- Yes. Of course, silly me. Ok. Write a script that disables the SMTP daemon
- at the end of your session and then sends the mail for other user back to
- Demon. This would work.
-
- * NB I do not condone this. It is a waste of bandwith and a waste of money
- on the phonebill. Just saying it can be done. Ok? ;)
-
- : > The key thing is "I have AN account..". One account, ONE username. You
- : > are only allowed one interface to be connected to Demon, but I'm sure you
- : > know that, right?
- :
- : One account, one hostname actually. You are free to have as many
-
- Sorry. You're right.
-
- : usernames (and hence mailboxes) as you like, but only on the one
- : host. Since the SMTP server detects your hostname when you log on,
- : you will get all the mail waiting for any users at your site.
- :
- : > PS Your line length is toooo long.
- :
- : <=80 chars is preferred.
-
- 75 is usually okay.
-
- Martin.
-