[OT] offline mail user and syncing

[Andy Bennett]

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

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