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cmrjones@direct.ca (Christopher Jones) wrote:
>I am looking for an alternative, inexpensive way of
>giving our users remote dial-in access to their network email, and file
>transferring capabilities.
>Anyone know whether Linux and SendMail have a chance to crack this problem?

Dave Close <dave@compata.com> wrote:
>I don't think so at present. But I've heard that BeyondMail version 3
>is supposed to combine SMTP and IM3 capabilities. It's unclear to me
>just what that means, but it might open some possibilities.

Bill Coutinho <bill@dextra.com.br> wrote:
>I got to this thread just now, but why not? As far as I know, Linux is
>capable of dial-on-demand, runs sendmail over UUPC, and can be a pretty-
>good POP3/SMTP server.
>What else do we need?

So, what am I missing in all this? Sure, I can dial into Linux and run
sendmail, I do it all the time. How does that get me access to a VINES
IM3 message store? If there's some easy answer, I'd sure like to know!

Of course, I'm assuming the objective is to allow remote access to IM3
messages, not an alternative email system. Perhaps everyone else is
thinking of a different reason for having a Linux box to access mail?
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