Hi, >> i have a rather peculiar case involving an offline user, who has no >> possibility of internet given his location (satellite is too >> expensive). >> there is power, and he has computer, and there is a "proxy" -- i.e. >> someone who passes once a day in the late afternoon, and picks up a >> usb key and takes it back into town to send contents as e-mails. >> ideally, the proxy's computer would somehow sync with the usb disk, as >> well as the user's. >> has anyone dealt with something similar? > > Yes; this is a case for UUCP. If the user is using an inferior > operating system you'll need a second box; all that box has to do is > deliver mail [from the card] to a mailbox that the user can then > download from via POP. The MTA on that box should be able to queue mail > easily enough. > > I'm not away of any client-side store-and-forward solutions for Windows. Yes... with Significant Onetime Outlay Of Effort you could configure something like a Linux plug computer to do this and then just connect it to their computer with an ethernet cable. You'd want a plug computer with USB, ethernet and maybe a pushbutton and controllable LED. To bring us back on topic, you'd want to install some kind of MTA that still understands UUCP and (obviously ;-)) cyrus as the mail store. Regards, @ndy -- andyjpb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://www.ashurst.eu.org/ 0x7EBA75FF ---- Cyrus Home Page: http://www.cyrusimap.org/ List Archives/Info: http://lists.andrew.cmu.edu/pipermail/info-cyrus/
