Well, I thought it would be too optimistic to think that I wouldn't get a reply
like "you're doing it all wrong!"...get rid of Win98 and all your problems will
go away.
I'm not going into all the reasons that Win98 is being run on the gateway
machine. It is and that's the way it must be for a number of reasons. I have
had linux there and you're correct...it was easy to setup and it does work
seamlessly. However, I've had to go back to Win98.
Thanks for your reply (seriously). I know you only wanted to help me but I
can't do what you suggest.
Gerry
On 27-Dec-98 Ralph Clark wrote:
>
> Gerry Doris wrote:
>
>> I am accessing my isp's mail server via a Win98 system running wingate proxy
>> server software. I can't figger out how to setup sendmail to properly
>> send/receive mail.
>>
>> I've been using xfmail and netscape mail and that works fine using the
>> following settings:
>>
>> smpt
>> mail server name: wingate (name of the proxy machine)
>> pop account name: user_name#isp_mail_server_name (# format needed for proxy)
>>
>> Is there a way to get sendmail to work through the proxy???
>
> At the risk of sounding a bit harsh - you're doing this all wrong!
>
> Set your Linux box up as the server/gateway and your Windows box as the
> client.
> Windows 9x was never meant to be a server platform, while Linux has always
> been
> just that. Windows doesn't multitask very well, performs very poorly as a
> router, has limited support for various essential server/gateway software,
> even
> more limited freeware (unless you've bought a licence for Wingate I'll bet
> you
> have a limited run-time demo which will expire in a month anyway). And so on
> and
> so on.
>
> You need to install IP Masquerading and firewalling on the Linux machine to
> do
> (better) what you are currently attempting with Wingate. This may require a
> kernel reconfiguration and recompilation. While you are at it you can set the
> compile as router option for better performance.
>
> As regards mail: on the Linux machine, set up imapd (just uncomment the
> relevant
> line in /etc/inetd.conf and do killall -HUP inetd) and set up Outlook on the
> Win98 client to point to an IMAP server on your Linux machine. You may need
> to
> run a mail delivery agent (like procmail or fetchmail) to deliver mail from
> the
> mail spool directory into your remote inbox.
>
> That way you can access your mail from either the Linux machine or the
> Windows
> machine. Moreover, imapd runs straight out of the box - there is no
> configuration to do.
>
> Use ~/Mail as your remote mail directory and ~/mbox as your remote inbox.
> Using
> this method you can use
> Netscape Messenger, pine and bog-standard 'mail' as mail clients on the Linux
> machine.
>
> If you try to continue with Win98 as the gateway, not only are you using an
> inferior method but you are also wasting your time - the experience won't be
> of
> much use to you in the future as hardly anyone else would try to do it that
> way.
> On the other hand if you follow the route I suggest, you'll be doing the same
> as
> a lot of people on this list (and on other lists too) and you won't be short
> of
> technical help.
>
> Good luck
>
> Ralph
>
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Date: 28-Dec-98
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