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Re: Best E-mail for schools using Linux & Win95?

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From: Lee
Date: Tue, 17 Jun 1997 00:00
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Paul Nelson <pnelson@riverdale.k12.or.us> wrote in article
<33A6BDE2.E3C56AAA@riverdale.k12.or.us>...

> Our school is moving from our Netware server running Pegasus mail and
> the Mercury internet mail gateway to using a Linux based server. We have
> samba and netatalk running for Windows and Mac file serving and printing
> but I'm not sure what to do for mail accesses.

> I'd like to have mail accounts on the Linux box so users can get to
> their mail using POP mail from home via their local ISP. That part's
> easy. I also want users to be able to move from computer to computer in
> the school and still get their mail.  Short of going to something like
> Pine what are my options? Pine is great but they are all use to the nice
> interface and features of Pegasus for Windows/Mac. Is there a way to use
> Eudora, Netcape Mail, or Pegasus from generic machines to access mail
> without having to reconfigure pop mail settings every session?

> One thing I'm trying to do is to get the Win95 workstations to use user
> profiles stored on home folders via Samba.  This would let me use
> Netscape which when used with profiles will remember pop mail settings
> and mailbox locations.  Any other ideas?

   Uhh...  Sendmail?  Comes with Unix...  What POP3 is based on...  I think
you need a good Unix book as well. :-)

			Lee
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From: "Lee" <bofh@PeakUSA.com>
Subject: Re: Best E-mail for schools using Linux & Win95?
Date: 1997/06/17
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