Date: Mon, 1 Jan 2001 12:20:57 -0500 From: "Robert Myers" <ccrider@whiterose.net> To: "'Brandon L. Newport'" <bln@nc.prestige.net>, <freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: Need Assistance ASAP -- PLEASE Message-ID: <001b01c07417$34c3a240$0201a8c0@ccrider2k> In-Reply-To: <015d01c07386$c106e3c0$1001220a@zeus>
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I know Linux pretty well. I work with Solaris and NT but I dont know
FreeBSD. I am the the newbie stages of learning it.
You should be OK then. There are similarities. :)
Here is what he wants: (These are the things that have to up and running
by next weekend or I will be force to use Linux or NT)
file and print shares ( I dont know samba real good.....yet)
Well, under Linux or FreeBSD, samba is your best option. There is a
config tool that will help you out, SWAT, or you could use webmin.
dialout internet connectivity so that when other machines want to go to
internet it auto dials performs NAT and acts as the firewall (I know this is
not real secure but it will be a temporary fix)
There is a really handy tutorial on how to setup ppp to do all that
you want at: http://www.freebsd.org/tutorials/ppp/index.html
somehow to fetch email from his ISP accounts for all employees and
download it locally to the server
IMAP so he can check mail for any machine
This should be the same under Linux, a lot of people use Fetchmail,
and IMAP is in the ports tree.
Eventually he would like faxes and voice mail to come and go from this
machine by using email (not quite sure what I am going to do about that one)
You could use HylaFax, that has some nice functionality, there are
other packages too.
Good Luck.
Robert Myers
Systems Administrator
White Rose Internet Service
http://whiterose.net
(717)439-1478
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I know Linux pretty well. I work with
Solaris and NT but I dont know FreeBSD. I am the the newbie stages of
learning it.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=328251617-01012001> You should be OK then. There
are similarities. :)</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><BR><FONT face=Arial size=2>Here is what he wants: (These are the things
that have to up and running by next weekend or I will be force to use Linux or
NT)<BR>file and print shares ( I dont know samba real good.....yet)<SPAN
class=328251617-01012001><FONT color=#0000ff> </FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=328251617-01012001></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=328251617-01012001>
Well, under Linux or FreeBSD, samba is your best option. There is a
config tool that will help you out, SWAT, or you could use
webmin.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2><FONT face=Arial><SPAN
class=328251617-01012001> </SPAN><BR>dialout internet connectivity so
that when other machines want to go to internet it auto dials performs NAT and
acts as the firewall (I know this is not real secure but it will be a
temporary fix)<SPAN class=328251617-01012001><FONT
color=#0000ff> </FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2><FONT face=Arial><SPAN
class=328251617-01012001></SPAN></FONT></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2><FONT face=Arial><SPAN
class=328251617-01012001> There is a really handy tutorial
on how to setup ppp to do all that you want at: <A
href="http://www.freebsd.org/tutorials/ppp/index.html">http://www.freebsd.org/tutorials/ppp/index.html</A></SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>;
<DIV><FONT size=2><FONT face=Arial><SPAN
class=328251617-01012001> </SPAN><BR>somehow to fetch email from his ISP
accounts for all employees and download it locally to the server<BR>IMAP so he
can check mail for any machine<SPAN class=328251617-01012001><FONT
color=#0000ff> </FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2><FONT face=Arial><SPAN
class=328251617-01012001></SPAN></FONT></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2><FONT face=Arial><SPAN
class=328251617-01012001> This should be the same under
Linux, a lot of people use Fetchmail, and IMAP is in the ports
tree.</SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2><FONT face=Arial><SPAN
class=328251617-01012001> </SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Eventually he would like faxes and voice mail to
come and go from this machine by using email (not quite sure what I am going
to do about that one)<SPAN class=328251617-01012001><FONT
color=#0000ff> </FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=328251617-01012001></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=328251617-01012001>
You could use HylaFax, that has some nice functionality, there are other
packages too.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=328251617-01012001></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=328251617-01012001> <FONT
color=#0000ff>Good Luck.</FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=328251617-01012001></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=328251617-01012001></SPAN>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Robert Myers</FONT> <BR><FONT face=Arial
size=2>Systems Administrator</FONT> <BR><FONT face=Arial size=2>White Rose
Internet Service</FONT> <BR><FONT face=Arial size=2><A
href="http://whiterose.net/" target=_blank>http://whiterose.net</A></FONT>;
<BR><FONT face=Arial size=2>(717)439-1478</FONT>
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