Thanks for the response Wayne. I appreciate it for one. Oh, you said something funny
about the pool 32, or was it spool # 32? Anyway, I only use one pool at a time myself,
less confusing that way.
Seriously, spool32 fault? How many is normal? I've always been curious, as they seem
prevalent, I know I have my share.
B. B.
Wayne Stout wrote:
> > :>I have sucessfully gotten my linux box set up and am able to connect to the MS
> > :>Exchange server to pull my mail. Many thanks to everyone that offered tips when
> > :>I asked for them a month ago.
> > :>
> >
> > It could be helpfull for others if you could write a summary of what you
> > tried, what worked, what didn't and what were the problems.
> >
>
> Actually, everything worked pretty well out of the box. I installed 6.1, it
> detected the network card, and allowed me to configure it properly during the
> setup phase.
>
> The only problem I really had was actually getting the IP addresses for some of
> the network resources I need to connect to. I still can't connect to most of
> the pc's on the network, but since there is usually very little need to do
> this, I haven't really bothered trying to track down the problem yet. I've also
> noticed that, even after correcting the local nameserver address, I still have
> to use IP addresses for certain boxes that the Win95 clients can see.
>
> The connection to the MS Exchange server was easier than I had feared.
> Fortunately, the admin had set it up as a POP3 server, so it was very straight
> forward. I have to use the firewall as my SMTP server, or my internet mail
> doesn't work, but that's probably more of a setup issue with the server.
>
> So, a basic out of the box configuration worked great. My compliments to the
> Mandrake team. I don't know if any other machines here at my company (other
> than the firewall) will ever be converted to Linux, since everyone else is happy
> dealing with the daily spool32 crashes, but at least I've proven it can be done.
>
> I don't know how much use this will be to anyone else, but that's the rundown
> on what it took to get my linux box up and running. Thanks again to everyone
> that gave me tips on possible pitfalls beforehand.
>
> Wayne
