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Malcolm Muir <malcolm@muir-et2.staff.demon.net> wrote in article
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> Paul Smith (Paul@wolf.cix.co.uk) wrote:
> > This is probably a FAQ, but I've got a program which downloads POP3
mail
> > according to certain rules, and does clever things with the messages
(it's
> > a sort of mail gateway/router) , and I want it to also work with
Demon's
> > SMTP mail system.
> > 
> > How does the 'local' machine tell Demon's SMTP server to send messages
to
> > it?
> 
> It does not.
> 
> Your host has to run an SMTP server when you wish to receive mail.
> The demon smtp client connects to your server when there is mail to
> be delivered.
> 
> If you have implemened smtp to send mail, receive is identical, but
> reversed.

I must misunderstand something here.

My software consists of an SMTP server, an SMTP client, a POP3 server and a
POP3 client (It's original use was to split up email from POP3 servers
which support many usernames into individual POP3 mailboxes as well as
doing other things like rule based downloading, support for multiple ISPs
etc.). With relatively minor modifications it should hopefully be able to
support Demon's SMTP mail system.

If I send a mail message to myself, then, yes, the SMTP client at Demon
connects to the SMTP server in my software and transmits the mail. 

The problem is, what happens if there is mail already waiting? Does the
Demon SMTP client see when I log on, and automatically try to connect to an
SMTP server at my host, or do I have to do something to cause this to
happen?

Paul