Hi again, > Eloy A. Paris said: > > > > Each office will have its own LAN (Ethernet). I don't want the users at each > > office to deal with PPP/dial-up connections. As a matter of fact, all > > the users at these remote offices are users POP through a dial-up PPP > > connection to send/receive e-mail but I want to change this, I want to > > make this easier. > > Will the machine that handles the dialup connection (gateway of sorts) > be running Unix or Novell or some other OS? Its beginning to sound as > thought UUCP might be a working option. Sendmail/Smail generally don't > work well with intermitant connections (at least in my experience), and > you're not interested in POP. If the remote LANs are running Novell, > it might be worth looking into M$ Exchange or whatever their current > mail solution is.
Yup, the machine in the main office is a Debian box. The machines in the remote offices will be Debian boxes too. I wouldn't use any other OS that is not Linux (Debian); it has proven to be rock stable and when talking about connectivity, imagination is the limit. I am thinking about having the main server at the main office calling the remote sites every one or two hours. When the connection is made, e-mail and other files are going to be transferred. I am also thinking this is a job for the old UUCP. Regards, E.- -- Eloy A. Paris Information Technology Department Rockwell Automation de Venezuela Telephone: +58-2-9432311 Fax: +58-2-9430323 -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
