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Norman wrote on Tue, Mar 04, 2003 at 02:32:48PM +0000 :
Hi all,
I have been asked if I can set up a Linux box to replace an NT server.
What has been requested is that it be file server, mail server, print server and firewall and that external users should be able to access their mail and data.
PLEASE PLEASE! DO NOT MAKE THE FIREWALL SERVE A BUNCH OF SERVICES!
Make a server that does file (samba), mail (smtp and imap over ssl), print (samba), and internal DNS. Make a second machine that does the firewall. From the inside, all clients access the samba/mail server directly. From the outside, you forward port 25 (smtp) and 993 (imaps) into the server.
Doing it all on one machine is ASKING to lose all your important data.
Blue skies... Todd
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Don't worry, I had no intention of having the firewall on the same machine. :-)
I guess I will be going with postfix as I will be using Mandrake anyway.
Thanks to all of you for your thoughts, much appreciated.
If they do ask me to do it I will put something on my website about how it all goes.
-- Best wishes, Norm
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