[97847] in RedHat Linux List
Re: Fetchmail, sendmail and Windows
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jeff Sharpe)
Thu Nov 5 11:58:57 1998
Date: Thu, 05 Nov 1998 08:58:02 -0800
From: Jeff Sharpe <jeff@sfg.com>
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To: stuart@stuarthaas.com, redhat-list@redhat.com
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Stuart Haas wrote:
>
> 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?
I've done this several times, setup a Linux gateway to the Internet for
existing Intranets. Anyways, its easier than it may seem. Sendmail (is
not preconfigured btw) is all you need for mail, just redirect it (back
into your intranet) at your internal mail server (do you have one?).
Point your windows mail clients to your intranets mail server... voila.
Without a intranet mail server, there is more administration on the
gateway, but still easily done.
Never used qmail <shrug>, sendmail does it all.
Hope that helps... if you need more detailed info, let me know, I like
getting into sendmail.cf internals. :-)
J
J
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