Re: [WinMac] Melding Internal and External-External email in win/mac shop

Liam Helmer(image53[at]axionet.com)
Mon, 31 Aug 98 12:46:15 -0700

>I tried Eudora Internet Mail Server for the Mac and found it a breeze to
>set up. It was very much like AppleShare IP 6.0's mail server module.
>Just as with ASIP I was able to get an TCP/IP-based Intranet mail system
>going within a reasonable time.

Actually, just to add to the suggestions, I've found SIMS to be a very
good email server (More features that EIMS, and still free). It's from
the same people who put out communigate. I've got it installed with a
client, and it works flawlessly. I definitely liked it better than EIMS.

>Eudora's WorldMail for NT: a monster download (27 megs vs. just over 1
>for the Mac version) though I'm sure if I could have made any sense out
>of the online help materials I would have found it much more powerful.)
>
>Microsoft Exchange Server--too expensive
>CommuniGate for the Mac--decided not to try it when I realized I could
>upgrade to ASIP 6 for about $450, since we use 4.2 at present.
>
>So it looks like ASIP is the way to go. My Windows users and Mac users
>can all send and receive messages like a charm. If I tell my ISP to send
>all our njbiz.com mail to our email server then I won't have to sweat
>setting up users with clients that can handle two accounts, either.
>
>MY FINAL QUESTION: Does this mean I have to set up whatever computer runs
>ASIP, or whichever of these programs I might select, with its own domain
>name? Our e-mail goes to our domain njbiz.com, located at the place that
>maintains our Web site. It bounces from there to our ISP, from where we
>get it. Would I have to register another domain, say njbiz2.com or
>something so we could get our e-mail when we dialing in from a locate
>location?

Actually, you're much more likely to want to set up a domain such as
"mail.njbiz.com" for the mail server in a setup like that. However, you
can only do that if you have a static IP (normally on Dedicated Internet
connections). If you have that, that'd be the way to go, and you can then
have the "MX Record" for your domain put in as mail.njbiz.com, and then
mail will come straight to you. Also, for remote dialing, a computer can
hook up to mail.njbiz.com as the incoming and outgoing mail server, and
receive mail (you'll probably want to think a little about having your
mail server send mail from outside of you're organization, otherwise your
mail server becomes open to attack and SPAM very easily).

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