ml> all i ever did was to ensure that at least one node of my 
 ml> multinode setup was available during ZMH with no caller 
 ml> access... all other nodes took callers at will...

 AL> My nodelisted number has a mailer on it which observes ZMH.  

same here... my main POTS line is the ZMH one... when i had rollover lines
in place, my listed number was the last of the rollovers... that way, all i
had to do was to ensure that that one node/task followed policy and
observed ZMH... it took me a little while to understand that ZMH observance
really meant that the line must be available for /incoming/ *netmail* calls
only... when i first started in fidonet, i thought ZMH was like a fallback
for all fidonet mail connections so i held certain netmail and echomail
until then... i don't recall when the bulb actually lit up but when it did,
it made things a bit easier and i actually set up so that i didn't attempt
to send any netmail during ZMH until after half of it had passed... that
was i was available to receive all of ZMH unless i was trying to deliver
during the last 30 minutes of ZMH and then my system only dialed like once
every 5 minutes or some such...

 AL> My Telnet/VModem node currently is running Binkley as well, 
 AL> although I'm seriously considering removing that when I move 
 AL> the BBS to its new machine.  99.9% of my mail is moved via BinkD 
 AL> anyway, with a couple of low traffic links using TransX or 
 AL> Internet Rex.  I actually use IRex here too, just to deliver SMTP 
 AL> mail through my ISP's server.  I didn't feel like trying to 
 AL> decipher IBM's version of SENDMAIL, especially since my ISP 
 AL> requires authentication to relay mail.

there are other dropin replacements that can easily be used... i believe
that WEASEL can authenticate for relays... i use WEASEL with a small script
so that programs that use sendmail will work and they don't know any
better... the free version works great and i've a healthy list of
"blacklist" systems which helps to prevent the riffraff from
getting through or abusing my system... my blacklist covers a huge amount
of asian territory O:)

 AL> Someday when I have nothing else to do I'll play with IBM's OS/2
 AL> version of SENDMAIL.  Of course, right now I'm schedule to be busy
 AL> until 2 years after I die. ;-)

i know that feeling... i also would no worry about that sendmail stuff...
take a look at WEASEL... i'm going to be registering it so that i can more
easily handle multiple domain stuff... seems that the author views
subdomains and seperate domains :(

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