Exec'ing a script from Cyrus when imapd has a client

[David Lang]

On Thu, 12 Nov 2009, Gabor Gombas wrote:

> 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.

the big advantage of the fetchmail approach that the initial poster was asking 
about is that it does not require special configuration of the upstream mail 
server.

I definantly agree that it is not the best possible approach. but as far as I 
can tell, every approach that's better requires cooperation from a mail server 
that does have full-time Internet connectivity. unfortunantly that's not always 
available (at least, not available at an affordable price in time and money)

David Lang