Much more informative. >Mdaemon is a piece of software which collects/sends domainpop and pop3 mail >from/to the ISP. It stores it on the server until the client s/w asks for >the mail for that user. It is in effect performing the role of a post office >on a local lan. It has alias accounts, mailing lists, etc. > >I wish to be able to move this function from the NT box to a Linux box but >do not know of any such similar software that is available. This just sounds like a combination of an smtp daemon (for outgoing mail) and a pop3 daemon (to deliver mail to the pop clients), though I'm not sure since I don't know how "domainpop" differs from pop3. If I'm understanding you correctly, though, this is an off-the-shelf application for Linux. Any major distribution will install an smtp daemon (possibilities are sendmail, smail, exim, qmail, and postfix), and installing a pop3 &/or imap4 daemon is a standard server option under, for example, Red Hat and Debian. /etc/aliases is the standard way to set up aliases in all the Unix/Linux smtp MTAs (Mail Transport Agents). pop3 delivery requires actual account names, but they can easily be set up for no-login. Simple mailing lists can be done as aliases; complex mailing lists can be managed through a listmanager such as majordomo or mailman. I don't know if the packages have enough "etc" for your needs, though. >Wingate acts as a proxy server allowing all pc's on the lan to surf the web >via a single modem/cable modem/DSL,..etc connection. It also can be set up >to perform the functions of a firewall, DHCP server, DNS, etc. OK. In the Unix/Linux world, "proxy server" is a very specific term, and I'm not sure that you are using it in the specific way I know it ... a proxy server doesn't normally do all of the things you itemize. Linux does, though. If all the hosts have real (routable) IP addresses, all you need to do this is a firewalling router, and Linux can do that easily. If you need to share a single IP address (assigned to the router's external interface) among some number of clients using private (non-routable; e.g., 192.168.0.0/16) addresses, Linux's IP Masquerading can do that. The ipchains capability provides firewalling, the dhcpd daemon will serve out DHCP leases, and BIND will provide DNS. Again, I can't say about "etc". If you do actually need a proxy server, there is a standard one available for Linux. The name slips my mind, but the Firewall HowTo will mention it. For more background information, I'd suggest you consult the HowTos available at http://www.linuxdoc.org . At 08:18 AM 1/31/00 +1300, Craig Brannigan wrote [in part]: >>This time, tell us what you want Linux to do, more specifically than >>"perform the same functions" as some (unfamiliar to me) Windows software. > >Good point,...Sorry about that. [descriptions moved above; rest deleted] ------------------------------------"Never tell me the odds!"--- Ray Olszewski -- Han Solo Palo Alto, CA [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----------------------------------------------------------------
