At 09:05 PM 7/30/02 -0500, you wrote:
>Hello,
>
>It looks like I keep my job for another 3 months.
>
>A couple of weeks ago I brought an old 486 to work. I bought
>RedHat 5.1 and installed it. I downloaded an installed Msql and
>mysql (installations went just like the docs said they would). It has
>been up every day since then (about 12 days without a reboot). I
>started Xwindows and opened about 5 netscapes to give it
>something to do. My boss has a few telnet windows open to some
>of our internet servers with tail -f running on various log files.
I love MySQL for doing web DB stuff. I converted a plain text
file DB into a REAL DB and it is SOOOO fast now. Another nice
thing is the price ($ 0.00).
>I am setting up the intranet there. I have to wait on our
>accountant/is manager to develop the database (I have just
>assumed and went on to get something running). He would like
>everything to run on the NT which he loves. Not.
>
>I have to get samba running so I can use it for a file server. I wonder
>if our mac users can use the linux as a file server. As it is now
>there is some problem for mac users on the NT.
Go to http://samba.anu.edu.au/samba/ for the latest documentation
on Samba. I am using it for my home lan and it makes WWW
design/maintaince easy (other than embedding ^M's into my text
files). You may also wish to purchase the Samba book.
>Anyhow, my big question is if I can use this linux as a mail
>machine?
Yes. Easily. I would reccomend using qmail instead of sendmail
though (as it is more secure right out of the tgz file, and it is
easier to understand than qmail).
>I can use the mail command from the command line or a cgi to
>send email to the internet. The machine is connected via ethernet
>to the NT which is the gateway to the internet. But I cannot get
>sendmail to work. I wonder why not? If someone tells me that I
>should be able to get it to work when the machine only has an IP
>number then I will just look in the books.
Basically, can you manually send SMTP mail out ? To verify if you
can, try this:
telnet mail.soffen.com 25
helo NAME_OF_YOUR_COMPUTER
MAIL FROM:<YOUREMAIL>
RCPT TO:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
DATA
Subject Test Message
Test Message Here
