Re: opposite of rmail?

[Andrzej Adam Filip]

Mike <mi...@mikee.ath.cx> writes:

> The man page for rmail says rmail accepts mail from uucp
> that has the commands and envelope data necessary for
> local delivery (or further relaying as is necessary).
> If rmail accepts the remote messages, what command causes
> sendmail to emit the messages for a remote host?
>
> Mike

mta (sendmail) -> uux -> [uucp transfer] -> rmail -> mta (sendmail)

See cf/mailer/uucp.m4 for more details ;-)

BTW rmail uses *UGLY* leading "From " line for passing envelope sender.
It would be nice to create (e.g.) uumail passing envelope sender via
command line argument e.g.
uumail -fse...@example.com -- r...@example.net re...@example.org
with the following for passing empty envelope sender
uumail -f -- r...@example.net re...@example.org

*BUT* I am unaware of existence of any organized *group* continuing uucp
related development.

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[Mike]

In article <87y7a...@robert.fsf.hobby-site.com>, Andrzej Adam Filip wrote:
> Mike <mi...@mikee.ath.cx> writes:
>
>> The man page for rmail says rmail accepts mail from uucp
>> that has the commands and envelope data necessary for
>> local delivery (or further relaying as is necessary).
>> If rmail accepts the remote messages, what command causes
>> sendmail to emit the messages for a remote host?
>>
>> Mike
>
> mta (sendmail) -> uux -> [uucp transfer] -> rmail -> mta (sendmail)
>
> See cf/mailer/uucp.m4 for more details ;-)
>
> BTW rmail uses *UGLY* leading "From " line for passing envelope sender.
> It would be nice to create (e.g.) uumail passing envelope sender via
> command line argument e.g.
> uumail -fse...@example.com -- r...@example.net re...@example.org
> with the following for passing empty envelope sender
> uumail -f -- r...@example.net re...@example.org
>
> *BUT* I am unaware of existence of any organized *group* continuing uucp
> related development.

I have a mandate to put a relay in my DMZ. Mail comes from the net to the
relay and is placed in a queue for the inside (I'm still having problems
putting the messages in a queue... don't have my mouth set right yet).
The mail server on the inside at some frequency (cron) polls the mail
relay in the DMZ for any waiting messages. It's getting messages out of
the mail relay in the DMZ that I want the opposite of rmail(8) for.

net message -> firewall pass through -> dmz -> mail relay -> queue for inside
inside -> mail server -> firewall -> dmz -> mail relay -> regurgitate all waiting messages

Mike

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