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Re: [sup-talk] background or queue msg sending
Excerpts from Sascha Silbe's message of Thu Mar 17 18:32:19 -0400 2011:
> Excerpts from Philippe LeCavalier's message of Thu Mar 17 21:10:36 +0100 2011:
>
> > But some client have slower DSL links and when I'm at home -I'm in the
> > country- I've got a 1.5Mps wireless and Sup makes me wait 5 to 10
> > seconds while msmtp terminates. That pause drives me nuts. I want sup to
> > leave that buffer in the background. Like what about someone on dial-up
> > or a very slow DSL. It must be even longer.
>
> Give nullmailer a try. It will queue your message and deliver it in the
> background. No need to hack sup and keep it running until the message
> has been delivered.
>
> On my laptops I've integrated nullmailer with NetworkManager so I can
> write mails while on the bus and have them delivered as soon as I enter
> the reach of a wifi network that I have access to. A custom ssh based
> transport tunnels the mails to my smarthost (the university network
> blocks the SMTP ports).
>
> Sascha
>
That sounds just about perfect. These kinds of conversations always
leave me wondering why I haven't heard of said program before, in this
case it's nullmailer. I guess I should just be happy I'm learning
something new every day! Thanks Sascha!
--
Thanks,
Phil
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