From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Sep 26 21:46:47 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B966416A690 for ; Tue, 26 Sep 2006 21:46:47 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from norgaard@locolomo.org) Received: from strange.daemonsecurity.com (59.Red-81-33-11.staticIP.rima-tde.net [81.33.11.59]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1A2A643D7C for ; Tue, 26 Sep 2006 21:46:46 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from norgaard@locolomo.org) Received: from [10.35.4.65] (65.4-35-10-static.chueca.wifi [10.35.4.65]) by strange.daemonsecurity.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id C6B692E024; Tue, 26 Sep 2006 23:46:44 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <45199F80.70707@locolomo.org> Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2006 23:45:36 +0200 From: Erik Norgaard User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.7 (X11/20060916) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Desmond Coughlan References: <20060926180613.15547.qmail@web27211.mail.ukl.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <20060926180613.15547.qmail@web27211.mail.ukl.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd mailing list Subject: Re: calenders .. silly question ! X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2006 21:46:47 -0000 Desmond Coughlan wrote: > The thread on calendars has got me thinking.... > > The 'non-profit' organisation I mentioned, is a school. > > Here in France (and no doubt in dozens of other countries), many universities have constructed 'virtual campuses'. By that, I mean that the student logs in, he has not only his grades, but his timetable (classes, seminars etc), and he can send and receive e-mail to and from his tutors. > > Can this be done under FreeBSD (that was the 'silly' part of the question) ? > > Any pointers to where I can start learning about that stuff? Setting up the MX is the most urgent, but afterwards, we can start to have fun with SQL, forums, campuses etc? Honestly, I think you will have a hard time getting any useful answers: Your question is vague and broad and posting under a completely different topic is not helping. Before asking the "how" question, you gotta understand the problem you want to solve - that is first, figure out what is the problem: - how many users? - how will you manage users? - who will manage users? - how will users access services? - from where will users access services? - routing? - firewall? - does the infrastructure exist to provide access to services? - network? wireless? dns? etc. - how often will users access services? - how much data will be handled by the servers? - what hardware is required to support the expected traffic? ... and on and on. Once you have a clear idea of that you can start asking more concrete questions: - which MTA? - how do I setup that MTA? - what MDA? can the MTA work as MDA? - how do I setup that MDA? etc. So, I recommend you rethink your problem and make it clear what you want to achieve in your next post - under a suitable subject... Cheers, Erik -- Ph: +34.666334818 web: http://www.locolomo.org X.509 Certificate: http://www.locolomo.org/crt/8D03551FFCE04F0C.crt Key ID: 69:79:B8:2C:E3:8F:E7:BE:5D:C3:C3:B1:74:62:B8:3F:9F:1F:69:B9