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On 9 Nov 1998 15:45:50 GMT, "Andy" <andybee@writeme.com> wrote:

>Hi All,
>
>We've just set up a Win 95b peer to peer 10mbps RJ45 network.  All is fine
>and dandy with file and printer sharing using IPX/SPX and NetBEUI.  
>
>What I really want to do is to allow the other terminals to send e-mails
>through the modem-equipped PC.  Can this be done on a very low budget? 
>Internet browsing is not necessary.  Has anybody achieved this and if so I
>would be very grateful if you could let me know how.

Andy

Suppose M is the computer with the modem and A is the other machine. 

1. Set up internet working (TCP/IP and the dial up adapter) on M in
the usual way;

2. Set up Netbeui on both machines and ensure they both have the same
Workgroup;

3. Place Pegasus Mail email client software and the mailboxes on M.
(Resist temptation to place an email client on A.) Place Mercury/32 on
M;

4. Set up  Pegasus to "Never" use Winsock. Configure MercuryX to
dial-up your ISP, send internet mail, retrieve internet mail at fixed
intervals (eg every 2 hours);

With this setup, users can compose emails offline and queue them for
sending during the next MercuryX window and download mails from the
ISP's POP3 server in the same window. Local mails between A and M,
which need no telephone dial-up, are distributed by Mercury
continuously. See my web page for how to get Pegasus and Mercury -
they are both free.

Note that Pegasus CAN be run over a network. When a user on A starts
it up, s/he gets an INSTANCE of the pegasus program from M but running
on A.


>Cheers,
>
>Andy..

Michael Glover -  glover@globalnet.co.xx
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