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Date:      Thu, 18 Jan 1996 12:36:49 +1030 (CST)
From:      Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
To:        scott@patton.com (Scott Whittle)
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: Single 2.1 box for multiple tasks
Message-ID:  <199601180206.MAA04661@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
In-Reply-To: <199601172305.SAA09028@emma.patton.com> from "Scott Whittle" at Jan 17, 96 06:05:38 pm

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Scott Whittle stands accused of saying:

> Question: I have been roped (semi-willing) into setting up a mail
> host for a financial institution who are trying to get into the
> i-net thing.  Is it possible to use a single 2.1-Stable machine for
> a router/gateway/nameserver/pop3 ?

Yup.  Lots of people doing this.

> Off the top of my head I'm thing something like this with a PPP link?
> 
> ====56K DDS line from ISP====[DSU/CSU]---Async 57.6 out using PPP---[FREEBSD
> Box]

Use 115k to the BSD box, providing the DSU/CSU does flowcontrol properly.

> Out of the FREEBSD Box using Ethernet to PC's on everyone's desks.
> The main idea is to get the server on site so email will flow within
> the org as well as outside of the org.  They already have their
> domain name with InterNic.  Any suggestions?

Do it!

> Scott Whittle			email: scott@patton.com 

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