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Cajunluke
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You'll have to delve into the mysterious world of SSH (Secure SHell.Secure SHell).

I once needed to have a FirstClass mail server execute a script on a remote backup server to start a daily backup process. A script on the FirstClass server first paused its mirrored mail-store disk, did some sanity checking to make sure the pause actually occurred, (backing up the live mail-store was a recipe for disaster,), then used SSH to execute the script on the backup server to start the backupbackup job. 

The backup software then conveniently ran a post-job script which, through SSH to the FirstClass server, un-paused the mirror mail-store disk. Once I got the SSH details figured out, (the Secure part was the tough nut,), it worked like a charm for years until Google took over and we had to drop FirstClass.

You'll have to delve into the mysterious world of SSH (Secure SHell.)

I once needed to have a FirstClass mail server execute a script on a remote backup server to start a daily backup process. A script on the FirstClass server first paused its mirrored mail-store disk, did some sanity checking to make sure the pause actually occurred, (backing up the live mail-store was a recipe for disaster,) then used SSH to execute the script on the backup server to start the backup job. The backup software then conveniently ran a post-job script which, through SSH to the FirstClass server, un-paused the mirror mail-store disk. Once I got the SSH details figured out, (the Secure part was the tough nut,) it worked like a charm for years until Google took over and we had to drop FirstClass.

You'll have to delve into the mysterious world of SSH (Secure SHell).

I once needed to have a FirstClass mail server execute a script on a remote backup server to start a daily backup process. A script on the FirstClass server first paused its mirrored mail-store disk, did some sanity checking to make sure the pause actually occurred, (backing up the live mail-store was a recipe for disaster), then used SSH to execute the script on the backup server to start the backup job. 

The backup software then conveniently ran a post-job script which, through SSH to the FirstClass server, un-paused the mirror mail-store disk. Once I got the SSH details figured out, (the Secure part was the tough nut), it worked like a charm for years until Google took over and we had to drop FirstClass.

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You'll have to delve into the mysterious world of SSH (Secure SHell.)

I once needed to have a FirstClass mail server execute a script on a remote backup server to start a daily backup process. A script on the FirstClass server first paused its mirrored mail-store disk, did some sanity checking to make sure the pause actually occurred, (backing up the live mail-store was a recipe for disaster,) then used SSH to execute the script on the backup server to start the backup job. The backup software then conveniently ran a post-job script which, through SSH to the FirstClass server, un-paused the mirror mail-store disk. Once I got the SSH details figured out, (the Secure part was the tough nut,) it worked like a charm for years until Google took over and we had to drop FirstClass.