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Andy Hawkins <andy@gently.demon.co.uk> wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> I'm sure this is an FAQ, so I'll start by asking to pointers for the FAQ for
> this group if one exists.

You'll be want demon.ip.support.mac and that FAQ is kept at
http://www.hearsay.demon.co.uk
 
> What I want to do is set up a Mac (not sure of exact model, but it's fairly
> new) to connect to Demon. I need mail (multiple accounts), news (ideally
> again read by more than one user), and web access initially.

It should come with Open Transport that handles the TCP/IP side, you can
then get FreePPP or OT/PPP to get it connected up, personally I
recommend the latter (I'm in the minority though it would seem), you
should be able to find it from www.apple.com.   For news I recommend Mac
Soup, It hinkt eh URL is www.snafu.de/~stk/ if that doesn't work, search
through www.kagi.com.  Depending on how new the machine is then it may
well already have Claris Emailer installed.  It might be worth picking
up a copy of .net Magaine as it contains IE & Netscape every month on
the CD along with a copy of Eudora Mail Lite.

> I intend to 'test' everything using my own account before getting my friends
> to get an account with Demon, so some method of disabling mail collection on
> the Mac would be nice.

Easy, don't set up an SMTP server :-)  Using POP3 is probably the
easiest solution anyway.
 
> I have a good understanding of TCP/IP configuration under Win95 / NT and
> Unix platforms, but have never touched a Mac, so I really only need the Mac
> specific parts.

To be honest it should be a breeze.