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 In article <823860180_OASIS_@swampdog.demon.co.uk>
  guy@swampdog.demon.co.uk (Guy Harrison) said:-

>Yes, "wait" is how long it waits for a direct connection. It's a shame 
>it can't be set to zero so it is guaranteed to wander off through the 
>gateway. You can force it through the gate by using name6st instead 
>of name@host but this means manually editing things. What I try to do 
>is do an overseas email first. It can't resolve the host in a second 
>so off it goes through the gate. If you have a uk host first then it 
>resolves and your stuck with direct for the rest.

Hmm maybe we should suggest to Phil and co to use gate for all mails 
going outside a certain domain.. eg in this case .uk :-)

>I tried a "tcp reset <address>" on a direct email once (it were 'uge 
>it were) and was pleasantly surprised to find it broke the direct 
>connection as I expected but then went on to send it to gate.

Ill try this next time I have a very slow mail waiting to go I usually 
send big files from uni though, its quicker uploading the mail via 
ftp and sending it there often.. not many people can do that though..

Flinny.


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