Easiest way.
Switch to a RedHat Distro.
I especially find Mandrake 6.1 and 7.0 very easy
and more polished than Redhat with the same internal
structure.
For easy e-mail use COMMUNIGATE PRO. (www.stalker.com)
It is free to use forever.
It is true blue webmail without the hassle.
I use it internally in my company.
If you do send mails externally u will get a 1st line
that says the mail was sent using communigate pro.
That is until you pay for it. But at leaIPdfst it
works.
In the future you should get a permanent connection.
Non-dedicated lines are a big hassle, a kludge.
Problem too with dynamic IP Addresses.
DNS, use a caching DNS server. Simple.
Yes squid works with IP Masq.
Drop Domino. You said you didn't have the time right?
Budget too, unless you'll pirate something.
Time to Setup:
Mandrake 6.1 - 20 minutes
DNS Caching Server - 10 minuts
Squid - 15 minutes
Communigate Pro - 5 minutes
Add more users - 1 minute per user
That's the above if I were to do it.
RTFM
--- Herbert Melgar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I have been tasked with providing e-mail and Web
> access to our company by
> the end of April. Unfortunately, because of my
> present job responsibilities
> I don't have the time to read through *all* the
> How-TOs. My Linux skills are
> a bit rusty. Could you help me out? I just need some
> pointers.
>
> I know I can do these using Windows NT/2000 but I
> want to save on costs.
>
> I am providing 'Net access via WinGate using Windows
> 98SE at present.
>
> I have managed to set up a file server and domain
> using Samba in Slackware
> 7.0.
>
> * Our company has reserved two (2) domains:
> decision.com.ph and decision.ph
> * We will access the 'Net by means of a modem
> installed on the Linux server.
> We will not have a permanent connection.
> * We need to route mail internally. We will also,
> however, need to send &
> receive mail on the 'Net using our domain.
> * Internal e-mail should not have to go through the
> ISP's mail server
> * Internal e-mail will be in this format:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] or
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> * Users on the 'Net should be able to send and
> receive e-mail to and from
> us, respectively, using the above format
>
> 1. The ISP we plan to use says that they will queue
> mail to and from
> us on their servers using our reserved domain. But
> what about our internal
> e-mail?
> 2. Do we need to set up our own internal e-mail
> server that will
> periodically queue outgoing mail and pull incoming
> mail and route it to the
> appropriate person? What software do we need to use
> to perform these tasks?
> 3. Will QMail be okay or do we use sendmail (arghhh)
> as our mail server?
> Which e-mail server is the fastest/easiest to set
> up?
> 5. We need IP masquerading to allow Web access,
> right?
> 6. To speed up Web access I'm thinking of using
> Squid. Will it work properly
> with IP masquerading? How?
> 7. I've heard that with Squid I don't need to set up
> IP Masquerading. Is
> this correct?
> 8. Do we need to set up our own DNS server? What
> type (caching, etc.)?
>
> We have the right to use Domino 5.0. We don't have
> Domino skills and our
> Domino for Linux hasn't arrived yet. We only have
> Domino for NT right now
> :(.
>
> What topics do I need to know? Which software do I
> study/use? Which
> subjects/How-TOs will I need to study?
>
> What questions will I need to ask from the ISP?
>
> The answers to these questions might also be useful
> to others who are also
> in the same situation as I am (trying to use Linux
> as an alternative to NT).
>
> Thanks to everyone in advance!
>
> -- Herbert :)
>
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