On Tue, 8 Apr 2003 06:04:43 +0530 Suresh Ramasubramanian <mallet@???> wrote:
> On Monday, April 07, 2003 3:10 PM [GMT+0530=IST],
> Ian Cox <iancox@???> wrote:
> > Exim looks good but seems to be for Unix only. Is this the case? Can
> > anyone suggest any low-cost alternatives?
> You could simply set up a linux / unix box as a frontend to your windows
> server, and then adjust your firewall / router filters so that no other
> IP except your unix box can reach it.
> The unix box accepts mail and then passes it to windows, and it also
> does "smarthosting" to relay outbound mails from the windows box.
this is actually excellent security policy. i've managed IT at shops which
were locked into M$ Exchange, and i've always try my damndest to put some
sort of well locked down unix/linux box on the outside of the firewall to
hid the M$ products.
richard
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Averill Park Networking 518-573-7592
Unix, Linux, IP Network Engineering, Security
