Through a very odd turn of events, I've ended up doing UNIX (Solaris
and Linux) development at a "100% microsoft shop".  I don't have any
problem finding the development tools I need, but I could certainly
use some help in trying to fit into the rest of their backward twisted
proprietary microsoft world.

  First and formost is mail.  They use microsoft exchange and the
MIS guy refuses to run a pop/imap server for mail access.  Apparently
they do some sort of scheduling stuff through exchange that they
can't get if people use standard mail protocols for delivery.  Since I 
don't plan on booting the NT side of my machine, I really need to 
find some way to interact with their mail server.  Has anyone had any
experience with this?

  Second, I need to figure out how to get samba up and running to
access the local file servers and printers.  I've glanced over the
docs but seeing as how I know nothing about windows based network
technologies, I don't really follow everything.  

  If you have any experience with this type of thing, please let me
know.  I am sure I will have many many questions over the coming days.
Maybe we can start "microsoft survivors" support group therapy
sessions or something.  

  In the meantime, I think I'll play a game of xbill to get my
frustrations out.

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