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Re: Fetchmail, sendmail and Windows
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Chuck Mead)
Thu Nov 5 09:08:54 1998
Date: Thu, 5 Nov 1998 09:07:40 -0500 (EST)
From: Chuck Mead <chuck@moongroup.com>
To: Stuart Haas <stuart@stuarthaas.com>
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On Wed, 4 Nov 1998, Stuart Haas wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm running a small LAN with a Linux server. The workstations are all
> Windows NT or 98. The email client is MS Outlook 98 The LAN is connected to
> the Internet by means of a dialup ISDN connection. I would like to use
> fetchmail to retrieve mail from the ISP's POP server.
>
> After reading the docs, etc, what is still not clear to me is how to set up
> mail delivery. My workstations are on the LAN and have IP addresses, but
> how is mail directed to them? Since they are not part of a domain (am I
> wrong?) since the LAN is isolated, how do I address them? I can't send
> mail to an IP.
>
> Also how does Outlook/Windows handle email? With a Linux workstation mail
> gets delivered with out a mail client being run, what happens in Windows.
>
> With RH 5.1 sendmail comes preconfigured? Also, would qmail or another
> sendmail substitute be better?
>
Might I suggest that you go here:
http://www.moongroup.com/unix/mailhelp.html
You can find answers and get help with mail specific issues there.
Cheers!
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Chuck Mead, CEO - Moongroup Consulting, Inc. <chuck@moongroup.com>
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