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In article <1993Aug5.071335.16196@leland.Stanford.EDU>, sterling@fizzle.Stanford.EDU (Brian Sterling) writes:
> I am looking into options for getting a small company with a network of
> 5-10 macs connected to the internet and would appreciate any info.
>
> One option is to have everyone get dialup accounts (at Netcom, e.g.).
> One problem is that the charges start adding up over time, and another
> is that we don't get our own domain name (every gets mail at
> username@netcom.com).
>
> A second option, which is expensive to set up, is to get Microsoft Mail or
> QuickMail in house, and buy a gateway like StarNine's Mail*Link which will
> talk to a UUCP feed.
>
> Now comes the part that I am fuzzier about.  A modification of the first
> option is to still get dialup accounts, but also to get a domain name
> and have one of our computers call up and forward mail to the individual
> dialup accounts.  That way, we can appear to have our own domain name
> to the outside world.  Are there any mac uucp programs that will do
> such a thing?  Can the mac version of uupc do it?  I saw it on sumex-aim
> but don't know very much about it.
>
> Are there any cheaper alternatives to the second option above that allow users
> to read their mail over an AppleTalk network and have one computer dial
> up to a UUCP feed periodically?

Yes.  There is ALWAYS a cheaper (and usually more functional) alternative to
ANYTHING Micro$oft produces.

Get uAccess, from ICE Engineering (time@ice.com for details).  Does UUCP
outward and allow access to it via AppleTalk on your net.  If you need
connectivity to the outside world, there IS no #2 if you're using UUCP.
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