Postfix expert needed for dialup config

[Wander Boessenkool]

On Wed, 2004-12-15 at 16:52 -0600, Tommy Trussell wrote:
> On Wed, 15 Dec 2004 17:31:18 -0500, cpinto <ulist at gs1.ubuntuforums.org> wrote:
> > Have you tried adding the command "postqueue -f" to the /etc/ppp/ip-up
> > script?
> > The ip-up script is executed whenever the PPP connection is successful
> > so it might be a good idea to flush the queue at that time.
> 
> Thank you for the suggestion, though I would prefer NOT to flush the
> queue when the connection comes up, because it would flush all the
> pending messages without sending them.
> 

Flushing is _not_ deleting. The postqueue -f commands will actually
attempt to send everything that's still in the queue. Just as flushing a
toilet, you're trying to send it down the pipe ;-)


> I think the actual problem I'm having may be related to how postfix
> handles DNS -- the error message was that there was no route to the
> host.

No route isn't a dns problem, it means it has resolved DNS, but the
ip-stack couldn't find a route to resolved address

> 
> I'm learning a little more every day -- thank you for the consideration!

Isn't easier to use the smtp-server of the provider in evolution? (And
it's offline function)?

> 
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