[afnog] Collection Engine

[Mark Tinka]

On Sunday 02 October 2005 19:36, Brian Candler wrote:

> With ATRN client A connects to server S,
> authenticates, then issues ATRN. The connection is
> then turned around, and SMTP delivery takes place back
> down the *same* TCP connection. If the client
> disconnected from the Internet and a new client took
> over the same IP address, the TCP connection would be
> reset.

This sounds like an optimal solution.

>
> I guess you could make ETRN secure if you use
> certificate authentication. I don't think anyone does
> this.

I wouldn't like to use ETRN, simply because you need to 
assign static IP address to dial-up users who don't need 
them ALL the time.

> I think ATRN would scale best, but it needs a decent
> server implementation.

Is there a package readily available for this?

> In principle you could write a 
> gateway between ATRN and POP3, as long as the POP3
> server was keeping the envelope in well-known headers.

Cheers Brian,

Mark.
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