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Re: connecting intranet to the Internet

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From: Dimitri Maziuk
Date: Sat, 05 Apr 1997 00:00
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Kent Tong wrote:
> 
> Suppose I have an intranet (LAN) setup with a gateway machine
> that connects to the Internet via a modem (ie, PPP). Is it
> possible to put the other non-gatewat machines onto the Internet?

Yes, set up IP masquerading (I think that's what you're looking for,
unless you can give them all valid IP addresses.)

> Is it possible to send emails to and receives emails from the
> Internet? 

Run an MTA on the gateway box.

How to prevent the emails intended for different
> people from mixing it since there is only one POP3 account?

Use procmail or something to sort incoming mail.

PS. there's IP-Masquerade mini howto.
-- 
Dimitri
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Date: 1997/04/05
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