MTA to MTA communications

Hi,

I have a scenario where two MTA's deliver mail to each other. The protocol
is ESMTP. The firewall at one of the pair does not permit inbound traffic
of any description (apart from return traffic).

Is there any way for the firewall protected MTA to 'fetch' messages from
the other MTA???

TIA

"Winston Smith" <admin@nothere.cmiweb.co.uk> writes:

> I have a scenario where two MTA's deliver mail to each other. The protocol
> is ESMTP. The firewall at one of the pair does not permit inbound traffic
> of any description (apart from return traffic).
>
> Is there any way for the firewall protected MTA to 'fetch' messages from
> the other MTA???

Not using SMTP. You could use POP3 or IMAP, but they're not
well-suited for the job.

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