Re: Linux as a mail and intranetserver
Dirk Kievith <dirk@webstudio6.com> writes:
> My purpose is to set up a small *intranet*, with about 2-3 machines
> to start with, to offer email and web-browsing facilities to
> multiple users. Which means multiple email accounts etc.
>
> My main querry is how to go about it:
> - which e-mail software,
You could use qmail, exim, sendmail or smail, or maybe another, not
necessarily in that order. I use and like qmail, despite the author's
attitude and the fact that there's no real Debian package.
> - which web- and proxyserver to use
Apache is the most widely used web server and probably a good choice.
There's basically just one choice for web proxy: squid. Even a lot of
ISPs use it. For caching, a bit more memory and plenty of disk space
is recommended. You could also use IP masquerading to pass traffic
through a dialup machine and make it look like it all came from one
machine.
> - Can one have a Linux server and W95 pc's as clients.
No problem. I do this at work, including giving dial-up access. It's
all just like you're an ISP.
> - As such, is there a way that multiple users could *download* their
> mail from the local Linux server into W95? Which mail package to
> use for that?
If you put a POP server on your Linux machine, it looks like an ISP.
Qmail comes with one. Use Pegasus Mail or whatever on the Windows
machine.
> - Else should one leave Windoze for what it is and work only with
> Linux packages. Which email-packages under Linux are most
> user-friendly?
I like Gnus under XEmacs, and it's not to bad once it's set up. VM
and (X)Emacs might be easier to start with. I've heard good things
about Mutt.
> My immediate aim is to install that which will serve my purpose and
> save as much precious time on un- and re-installing different
> applications.
This is not actually too bad under Debian. You can even get your old
configuration back.
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