Subject: Re: Setting up a T1 and email
To: None <mcguire@neurotica.com>
From: Rick Copeland <rickgc@calweb.com>
List: port-vax
Date: 07/10/1998 10:43:10
Dave,

Found Qpopper but could notr find "BIND" at ftp.isc.org!  There is only
three directories I can see there under /pub.  None of which are "BIND".

Rick



At 12:41 PM 7/10/98 -0400, Dave McGuire wrote:
>On Fri, 10 Jul 1998, Rick Copeland wrote:
>>We have a fractional T1 being set up at our office and I would like to know
>>what a good setup to receive and distribute email to 40 user on our network
>>would be.  Currently all are receiving email through a Novell network
>>running TCP/IP, a redirector software, a modem bank and of course a
>>internet service provider.  There is also two Vax 3600's running NetBSD 1.3
>>serving Intranet web pages to the desktops.  The desktops are Windows 95
>>running Eudora Pro email program.
>>
>>The T1 will be connected to the internet directly through AT&T(they will
>>provide the CSU/DSU) so I believe I will need a DNS server, router and an
>>email server (sendmail?). Can all these functions be accomplished with
>>NetBSD servers?
>
>  I'd grab a router such as a cisco 2501 or similar.  Aside from that,
>everything you'll need can be handled by those NetBSD machines.  If the
WinDoze
>users are running Eudora, you'll need a POP server...Qpopper can be found at
>ftp.qualcomm.com; it runs nicely under NetBSD.  The latest relase of BIND
(the
>nameserver) can be found at ftp.isc.org.  sendmail 8.9.1 was just
released, and
>can be found at ftp.cs.berkeley.edu in /ucb/sendmail.
>
>  I run several internet-connected networks on purely NetBSD firepower...I
think
>you'll find it's an excellent platform for that sort of thing.
>
>
>                                     -Dave McGuire
>
>