I'm testing a setup of Windows 95/98 client PCs and a Linux Internet mailserver on a TCP/IP LAN. The Windows PCs send and receive mail through the Linux mailserver which is running fetchmail, sendmail, pop3d, and pppd & diald to connect to smtp and pop3 servers at the ISP. Being relatively new to Linux, having been in the Windows world, I am pleased to say the test setup basically works, and works quite well, except for: 1. When mail from one Windows PC user is addressed to another local Windows PC user, diald still attempts to dial out to the Internet. The FAQ on the Diald home-page blames this on Sendmail trying to do a DNS lookup and dialing out for the name server at the ISP. But I also noticed that the home-page is more than a year old. The above setup seems common enough. Maybe someone has solved this problem in the past year? I do not have a name server yet on the Linux box, but all the Windows PCs and the Linux PC seem to use the 'hosts' files for IP address resolution OK. 2. Some of the Windows PC are sharing printers and files on a peer-to-peer basis. I read in Livingston's "Windows 95 Secrets" that 'Browse Master' property should be enabled for the "File and printer sharing for Microsoft Networks" Service component (click on Control Panel; then Network icon). But doing that causes diald to dial out to the Internet every 15 minutes or so for no apparent reason. Disabling the Browse Master property may not be acceptable for the Windows PCs sharing data and printers. Does anyone know or have seen a good answer for this? Thanks. CL. -- |~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| REPLY address is antispam DUMMY. Actual email address is obtained by removing .anti.spam at end. |~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|
