On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 11:55:25AM -0800, David Lang wrote:
> > Use SMTP to breech the unreliable link! It's safe, proven, and designed
> > for that very task!
>
> no, SMTP only works if you have network connectivity that is up most of the
> time. it will handle short outages, but it will not handle the case where your
> network connectivity is off most of the time
ETRN can solve this, you just need a relay that understands ETRN and is
willing to hold your e-mails while you're off-line. ODMR is better for
dynamic addresses (you don't need dynamic DNS) but it seems to be less
supported. I have not used either yet, so YMMV.
Gabor
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