[aclug-L] Re: POP/SMTP Question

[Jonathan Hall <jonhall@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> > If he's receiving mail via POP3, fetchmail is the
> > way to go.  Then
> > probably set up a POP3 server on the machine as well
> > (I use qpopper--many
> > others are also available).
> > 
> One important thing I forgot to add was that other
> Windows machines on the same network would have to be
> able to get the mail this way.  I assume that these
> tools would do this.  Another quick question - Would
> Linux be a good File/Print Server for this kind of
> lan?

qpopper is used to allow other machines to access the Linux machine for
gathering e-mail.  You would still, BTW, need to use sendmail or another
MTA (I suggest sendmail, tho).

And, yes, Linux makes a great file/print server for Windows computers.
You would need to configure samba to do that.


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