Declan
> I have an email server on my lan, which gets smtp mail from my isp (static
> IP), and services pop3 email clients. I had been thinking of simply putting
> the firewall between my lan and the outside world, but now I'm wondering how
> this will work ! - If my firewall dials up and gets assigned a static IP
> address, will the smtp mail not be attempting to connect to this IP (i.e.
> the firewall) on port 25, to dump in it's queued email, instead of the mail
> server machine, - or can I get all port 25 stuff from my isp's relay(s)
> forwarded to the local ip of the mail server ?
> Mabye I'm missing the point.
You can use ipmasqadm portfw to forward all connections from your static
mail address to your local mail server.
Regarding allowing access to your mail sever you will need to check the
MX record for your domain to verify if all mail goes to your isp
regardless. In my case it doesn't so I have to allow connections from
any ip to my mail server. Thus settting up the mail server with regard
to relaying and anti spam is very important.
Regarding dos partitions file permissions are a bit tricky under linux.
I would suggest that you convert them to ext2 if they are going to be on
the samba server.
Linux should have no problem with 15 gb disk as long as the boot sector
is before cylinder 1024.
Regards Ger
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