[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > RedHat + Win-95 + Novell 4.11 + Internet + Mail, and more yet... :-) > > that is it: > > envyronment: Novell 4.11 with some win-95 clients. Today running a program > called "firedoor", which provides dial-up access to our ISP (and to internet, btw) to > all clients. > > This will be my first experience with linux :-( > > I am trying to convince the people here to install a linux RedHat 5.1 box, with the > following (intended) features: > > a) dial-up on-demand to our ISP and give to everybody (internal) clients, like it is > today - think that it can be called a proxy > > b) internal e-mail, enabling all clients to e-mail to the other (internal) AND > e-mailing to outside world thru the a.m. dial-up (on-demand) ppp. > > c) e-mail from outside world should be addressed to our internal world, preferably > with some automated procedure. It is acceptable manual "forwarding" of the > outside mail - I can assume it, or our departamental secretary can do it, but it is > preferable some sort of "automation". > > What I need from you: > > a) personal feelings and hints and (if any) experiencies reports > > b) pointing me out what faq's, how-to's, mini-how-to's to study > > c) suggestion on free software to use for this > > It is important to note that as I will be using a dial-up ISP connection (no direct > link), the proxy must be able to dial, authenticate, connect all connections > on-demand, disconnecting after a configurable time with no modem activities. > Also, it is convenient to have a "cron" script (sort of) getting e-mail from the isp > from time to time, for distribution > > thank you very much for any tip. > > jorge carvalho pinto > > please visit our homepage and take a screensaver for free: > http://www.webrasilia.com.br/myra/myraeng.htm > http://members.forfree.at/~screen/index.html This looks like a viable setup, I have a home network setup for experimentation and I have set up a web page full of links about this subject. Look here; http://www.on-net.net/~jsprag/linuxnet.htm
