FW: General exchange questions

[Noyes, Chuck]

Some Linux/WinNT issues I think the list might be interested in. I
received this via the WinNT listserver.

Chuck Noyes
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>From: 	Michael Gray[SMTP:michael at STARFISH.NWSC.K12.AR.US]
>Sent: 	Monday, November 25, 1996 3:36 AM
>To: 	WINNT-L at eva.dc.LSOFT.COM
>Subject: 	Re: General exchange questions
>
>> Date:    Sat, 23 Nov 1996 09:27:49 -0800
>> From:    Brad Kingston <brk at TORR.DYNATEC.COM>
>> Subject: General Exchange Question
>
>Brad:
>
>We have several schools in similar situations in Arkansas.  A large
>number of them run Linux for SMTP/POP services, with Pegasus clients.
>
>> 1) Can Exchange be used to talk to the Linux box (POP3)?
>
>Yes, the Exchange client will talk to the Linux box, or any other
>SMTP/POP server you have running.  We've tested Exchange client with
>Linux and Mercury/NetWare.  Warning:  For some reason, E-C would not
>properly format some messages sent via those servers.  The messages
>were transmitted with CR/LF apparently stripped out (at least that's
>what it looked like).  We surmised that E-C is expecting to find a
>E-Server on the back-end for properly formatting SMTP mail.
>
>> 2) Do I have to buy any other software like MS Mail Server, etc. to
>> talk to the Linux box or if I want to drop the Linux box all together?
>
>No.  You can keep the Linux Box.
>
>> 3) Is anything included in WinNT Server for setting up an e-mail
>> server for Internet mail?
>
>Not out of the box, but I've found several programs written by some
>fine folks which will handle SMTP/POP quite well.  The company which
>hosts this list has a good product.  If you want to stay in the
>freeware realm, you might try EMWAC's SMTP/POP services.  If you'll
>check MS's site for NT Server, they have a page of links for SMTP/POP
>servers for NT.  If you can't find it, mail me and I'll send you an
>html page I found on it.
>
>> 4) When I looked into settting up WFW for Internet mail a few years
>> back, there was a requirement of having an SMTP server running in
>> order for the WFW Post Office to talk to the Internet. Is this still
>> the case for Win95? It was so expensive then, that we went with a
>> Linux box for our server.
>
>Currently, we run Pegasus (ver.2.42, 16-bit version) with
>Mercury/NetWare for our mail services.  I'm experimenting with
>Pegasus 2.42 (32 bit) with both Linux and NT as SMTP/POP servers.  No
>problems.  I'm still debating which NT package I want to use for
>SMTP/POP.
>
>> 5) In general, I would like to try to setup MS Mail / Exchange but I
>> don't want to get burned with incompatibilities with other Internet
>> mailers. This is why we went with Pegasus in the first place. Will I
>> be able to send / receive files like I can with Pegasus (i.e. MIME,
>> UUENCODED, etc.)?
>> 6) I've seen mention of MS Mail, MS Mail Server, Exchange, and a few
>> others. What is the difference?
>
>I've avoided Exchange and stayed with Pegasus for some of the same
>reasons.  Maybe someday I'll start messing with the whole E-C/S
>thing, but for now, I'm perfectly satisfied using Pegasus as my mail
>client.  And I've had good luck using both Linux, NT & NetWare
>SMTP/POP servers in this environment.  Even so, I'm migrating to NT
>as my mail server.  I'm tired of trying to maintain / manage mulitple
>accounts.  ;)
>
>Michael Gray
>Northwest Arkansas Education Cooperative
>
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