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Article #216Re: Questions about a linux setup
From: BobT
Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2002 08:00
Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2002 08:00
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BoF wrote: > Can a Linux server that has two windows ME boxes be made to do the > following. > > 1. Acts as a central repository for all files (documents, spreadsheets, etc) Yes - using Samba > 2. Can a MS-Outlook database be stored on the linux server and shared by the > two windows boxes. MS Outlook is an email client, not a database format. You'd better explain what you mean here. > 3. Act as a gateway to the wider world with dial on demand to the net > whenever one of the windows boxes requires external access. Yep - using Diald or other similar packages. > 4. Send faxes created and sent from one of the windows boxes. Yep - using Hylafax. > 5. Scan incoming emails for malicious content (viruses/scripts) and drop > them if necessary. Yep - a lot of commercial solutions here. Check Clam anti-virus if you're after a pure Open Source setup. > > Thanks > > BoF > > For the purposes you've listed you'd be best looking at a distro like E-Smith, Clark Connect or Smoothwall. BobT >
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