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From: brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk (Brian Somers)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.os.ms-windows.networking,comp.os.ms-windows.networking.misc,comp.os.ms-windows.networking.tcp-ip
Subject: Re: SMTP to WFW 3.11...
Date: 18 Dec 1996 15:01:26 GMT
Organization: Coverform Ltd.
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In article <5922p9$6av@raven.eva.net>,
jca@bighorn.accessnv.com (J.C. Archambeau) writes:
> I'm been pouring over the Samba documention and FAQs and it mentions
> how to share devices from a Unix box to Win boxes. However, what I
> want to do in addition to printer and file sharing is being able to
> transport e-mail to a workstation in the LAN that is running strictly
> MS-DOS/WFW 3.11.
>
> What programs or methods do I have at my disposal to transport e-mail
> from a mail server running FreeBSD 2.1.6 to a workstation on a LAN
> running WFW 3.11 (or any Win box for that matter (95, NT, etc.))?
>
> Additional query; I basically want to integrate the WFW user of the LAN
> in a transparent fashion where the Win user will not have to login to
> the FreeBSD box for any reason including for e-mail, ftp, rlogin/telnet
> and web browsing. Everything can be done from the WFW box.
You need a TCP stack for WFW. Once you've got that, put NetBIOS on top
for disk & printer access (via samba) and you should be able to find an
email package out there that will "pop" your mail (using IP) via popper.
This sort of thing is a lot easier with Win95 'cos all the TCP & NetBIOS
on TCP stuff comes as standard. Also, M$s mailnews.exe & IE packages
will do the rest for you.
As far as the transparent stuff is concerned, it depends on what you've
got your FreeBSD box plugged into. If it's a serial ISP connection, the
upcoming ppp with -alias support is your man. If it's a direct connection,
you may want to try socks5 or ipfilter(NAT).
--
Brian <brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk>, <brian@freebsd.org>
<http://www.awfulhak.demon.co.uk/>
Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....