-=> Mark Hofmann wrote to Sampsa Laine <=-


 MH> That is also a great idea.  I'm not familiar with fetchmail, but from
 MH> what I was just reading about it, looks like you can use it in
 MH> conjunction with custom programs to move mail around for things like
 MH> your BBS.  I'm not aware of a way to do this with WWIV BBS software,
 MH> but I'm sure it could be done in some form or another.

Well if WWIV can be fed mail via SMTP, all you need to do is point 
fetchmail at the WWIV SMTP port. The point is that you don't need
to open this port to the wider internet, this all happens on your
"inside" network, if you will. This is the configuartion that I
use fetchmail to feed a bunch of Unix systems, OpenVMS boxes, 
Synchronet and most recently a BBS software I've developed myself.

Sampsa




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