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Why would you WANT to install NT4?

Install Slackware 4.0 (available for about $40) and run Linux.

Runs the Unix standard "sendmail" which is probably the most reliable and
versatile mail server in the industry.

Fully POP3 compatible with all your W95/8 mail clients and will run on
modest hardware for months at a time without having to reboot or handhold.
Excellent remote configuration either by telnet or WWW so mailserver can
hide in closet and be administered from any client, anywhere on your net or
even the Internet. Very secure, reliable, robust and inexpensive.

Just one guys opinion.

Best regards,

Brian

Bryan Parkoff wrote in message ...
>Is Windows NT compatible to MS-DOS?
>
>    We have Novell 3.11 for e-mail only.  My employees do not need to use
>Windows NT, but they can only use e-mails through Novell server.
>
>    I have to decide to dump Novell away and I will buy Windows NT to
>install in the new server.  I want all employees' e-mail accounts to be
>moved to Windows NT.  Do you know where can I find special software that
>allow them to use e-mail through Windows NT server so they do not need to
>run Windows NT?
>
>--
>Bryan Parkoff
>BLP-LDS@Texas.Net
>BryanP@AlamOps.com
>
>
>

Hi:


>I think Linux is a great OS, but some of you people miss the point.  This
>person obviously has no need to tinker with Linux at this time.  Why folks
>like you always want to cram it down unknowledgeable peoples throat?

You people? Tinker? Cram?

This person is going to purchase and install NT4 on a new computer. This is
a sizeable investment and a steep learning curve?

>Windows is not that bad actually.  There is something to be said for making
>an OS that is useable to any monkey on his desk top.  Not everyone needs
the
>abilities or headaches of learning Linux.


How about the headaches of purchasing NT4, BackOffice, purchasing a support
contract, purchasing new hardware and ramping up on the bizarre NT4
methodology.

Not everybody needs the headache of learning NT4! Mail is important to a
business and NT4 is no picnic to administer - what happens when it takes a
shit AND IT WILL!

I could walk a person through an install of a Slackware 4.0 Linux system
over the phone, including compiling a custom kernel and all networking -
probably in less than 2 hours. I could then do all the administration of
sendmail & pop3 (mail), Apache (Web server), named (DNS server), samba (file
& print server for Windows) and almost everything else by telnet from my
front room.

I am sorry that you were offended by my attempt to save this a guy a bucket
of money, a ton of time and some massive headaches.

Linux is more than able to run a mailserver serving 100s of employees on a
PPro150, 64Mb DRAM and a couple gig HD. You can keep it in a locked closet
and remotely administer it - very secure.

>I've said my piece.  Good luck to you all.

>Oh, and wasn't this a TNT2 thread?

What?

>AbsuFan

Just one guys opinion.

Best regards,

Brian


>----- Original Message -----
>From: Brian <subdude@post.com>
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>comp.os.ms-windows.nt.software.backoffice,comp.os.ms-windows.nt.software.co
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>patibility,comp.os.ms-windows.nt.software.services,creative.products.3d_bla
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>ter.riva_TNT2_ultra,lmf.info.HUVITOIMIKUNTA
>Sent: Monday, August 16, 1999 5:34 PM
>Subject: Re: Is Windows NT compatible to MS-DOS?
>
>
>> Why would you WANT to install NT4?
>>
>> Install Slackware 4.0 (available for about $40) and run Linux.
>>
>> Runs the Unix standard "sendmail" which is probably the most reliable and
>> versatile mail server in the industry.
>>
>> Fully POP3 compatible with all your W95/8 mail clients and will run on
>> modest hardware for months at a time without having to reboot or
handhold.
>> Excellent remote configuration either by telnet or WWW so mailserver can
>> hide in closet and be administered from any client, anywhere on your net
>or
>> even the Internet. Very secure, reliable, robust and inexpensive.
>>
>> Just one guys opinion.
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> Brian
>>
>> Bryan Parkoff wrote in message ...
>> >Is Windows NT compatible to MS-DOS?
>> >
>> >    We have Novell 3.11 for e-mail only.  My employees do not need to
use
>> >Windows NT, but they can only use e-mails through Novell server.
>> >
>> >    I have to decide to dump Novell away and I will buy Windows NT to
>> >install in the new server.  I want all employees' e-mail accounts to be
>> >moved to Windows NT.  Do you know where can I find special software that
>> >allow them to use e-mail through Windows NT server so they do not need
to
>> >run Windows NT?
>> >
>> >--
>> >Bryan Parkoff
>> >BLP-LDS@Texas.Net
>> >BryanP@AlamOps.com