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Article #443Re: Best E-mail for schools using Linux & Win95?
From: Lee
Date: Tue, 17 Jun 1997 00:00
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 -- For a copy of my disclaimer, send $5 to "Make Money Fast!" c/o Bill Clinton, The Lincoln Bedroom, The White House.
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 10ff62,2e0e055641485064 X-Google-Attributes: gid10ff62,public X-Google-Thread: 102b32,2e0e055641485064 X-Google-Attributes: gid102b32,public X-Google-Thread: 1076a3,2e0e055641485064 X-Google-Attributes: gid1076a3,public X-Google-Thread: 10669a,2e0e055641485064 X-Google-Attributes: gid10669a,public X-Google-Thread: 109e3d,2e0e055641485064 X-Google-Attributes: gid109e3d,public X-Google-Thread: 1103af,2e0e055641485064 X-Google-Attributes: gid1103af,public X-Google-Thread: f8547,2e0e055641485064 X-Google-Attributes: gidf8547,public From: "Lee" <bofh@PeakUSA.com> Subject: Re: Best E-mail for schools using Linux & Win95? Date: 1997/06/17 Message-ID: <01bc7b69$bd5bbde0$28b2dece@lee-nt> X-Deja-AN: 249161147 References: <33A6BDE2.E3C56AAA@riverdale.k12.or.us> Organization: Peak USA Energy Services Ltd. Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.ms-windows.networking.win95,comp.os.ms-windows.networking.tcp-ip,comp.os.ms-windows.networking.windows,bit.listserv.pmail