Fellow compu-folks,

	While I appreciate the advice given so far, NONE of it has addressed my
original question. Let me clarify a couple of things.

	1). I already have a perfectly good hardware firewall/router in the form
of a Zyxel Prestige 312. I do NOT need to dedicate any other system to this
task.

	2). My ORIGINAL question: Given the list of machines I posted earlier,
which system would be best suited to which function?

	Here are my current thoughts on this.

	Mail servers: Both SPARCClassics or a Classic and that accelerated IPX I
have.

	(Future) Web server: The NEC RISCStation 2200. Plenty of headroom to grow
there.

	The FTP/News box: One of the MicroVAX 3's. Lots of space up front for
large-capacity hard drives.

	The maintenance node: That Motorola MVME147 tower.

	Ok? Any counterpoints? Thanks much.




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Bruce Lane, Owner and head honcho, Blue Feather Technologies
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Amateur Radio: WD6EOS since Dec. '77 (Extra class as of June-2K)
"I'll get a life when someone demonstrates to me that it would be
superior to what I have now..." (Gym Z. Quirk, aka Taki Kogoma).