Mail server bridging LAN and WAN

ccb056 · Post by **ccb056** » Mon Aug 30, 2004 8:59 pm

Ok, this is what I need to do.

Setup a server to download email from another server across the Inetrnet for different accounts. Then, I want the computers on the LAN to get their email from that server and send mail to the internet server. Is it possible to do this and what software do I need?

Cuda68-2 · Post by **Cuda68-2** » Mon Aug 30, 2004 9:05 pm

Linux baby

Gonna take some reading but the proggy's are send mail and fetch mail. During the fetch mail process you can have the mail delivered to the user account name on the LAN - send mail will act the same way in reverse.

ccb056 · Post by **ccb056** » Tue Aug 31, 2004 5:51 am

oh, and one other thing, it must be running windows xp

Jagger · Post by **Jagger** » Tue Aug 31, 2004 2:03 pm

Ick. I think that's going to be difficult. The only way I can think of is by installing Exchange on the server.

What are you trying to accomplish by pulling mail from that server?

Cuda68-2 · Post by **Cuda68-2** » Tue Aug 31, 2004 4:20 pm

Yea, MS Exchange is the only one I know also for a windows box.

IceFire · Post by **IceFire** » Tue Aug 31, 2004 11:01 pm

Just get an old piece of crap 486 box and throw Linux on it and run fetchmail. As far as sending mail, let the SMTP server of your ISP do that. Some ISP's will reject mail that was not sent from your own ISP's SMTP mail server.

This is what I'm planning to do at my house.