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Re: Linux - Novell + Pegasus +Mercury
Mike Resnick <mike1@www.irt.co.il> wrote:
> 3) I need a good mail solution for my "dumb" users. This means an easy way of
> sending and retreiving mail from DOS/Windows. This includes
> sending Word 6 docs, attached zipped files and whatever.
>
> I want to make it as easy as possible. I use Pine off the Linux and am quite
> happy, but it is not convenient because all attached files first have to be
> transferred to the Linux machine somehow. I have found some new terminal
> programs that support auto
> ic Zmodem transfers to the unix box from windows, and I'll be testing them
> instead of regular telnet, but this may still not solve all my problems.
>
Pegasus handles attached documents and some other MIME stuff perfectly.
> I would much prefer that all the mail be handled by Pegasus, so that a single
> mail call on login to Novell will automatically show what is waiting,
> and the users will not have to fool around with the Linux machine at all.
>
> I have not finished reading all the Mercury documentation, but it appears I
> may need to set up a POP server on the Linux machine. Is this correct ?
Really, you don't need to mess with Novell SMTP routing; setting up Pegasus to
use POP on a linux box is quite trivial. It works with either Novell's or MS's
tcpip stacks (I'd recommend the latter). Make sure you have line
`pop-3 stream tcp nowait root /usr/sbin/tcpd /usr/sbin/in.popd'
uncommented in /etc/inetd.conf on the linux box.
> I would like mercury to transfer all mail on the Linux to the Novell Server
> for Pegasus to handle. This also seems more secure, since I have not
> run SATAN against my Linux server yet.
What? Novell is more secure than Linux?! Of course, any system has holes, but
not for any system there are ways to close them :)
> I would appreciate hearing from anyone who has done this, or similar.
> In addition, I am looking into automatic mail notification in realtime - As
> soon as mail arrives there is some kind of alarm or pop up dialog box.
> WinBIFF looks to be a good answer for Windoze, Since DOS is NOT really a
> multitasker, I guess the mail check program will have to be done manually.
Evgeny
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