I would think most any type of LDAP or standard server could be used like
http://www.bynari.net/
If you use LDAP you can use netscape on the workstations
http://www.openldap.org/
http://www.sendmail.org/
or http://www.postfix.org/
try these
Bill Preece
----- Original Message -----
From: "Craig Zeigler" <craig@caffeine-addict.com>
To: <slug@nks.net>
Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2003 12:08 PM
Subject: RE: [SLUG] Replacing an NT 3.5.1 box
> Use Samba as a logon server for the clients, and just a simple imap
> server would do pretty well.. postfix would be better than sendmail
> too... (here comes the holy war)
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Russ Wright [mailto:rwrigh10@tampabay.rr.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2003 10:36 AM
> To: slug@nks.net
> Subject: [SLUG] Replacing an NT 3.5.1 box
>
>
> Folks
>
> I have a client who has a Windows NT 3.5.1 server. The server acts
> primarily as a file server. The equipment is good but pretty old. The
> workstations for the most part are windows 98. I think he as one win 95
> box. They all connect to the box through netbios protocol. They have
> one XP laptop that will not connect at all. (go figure)
>
> Hardware as follows
> Pentium 133
> HP SCSI external tape backup
> 8gb hard drive
> 128 MB ram
> floppy and CD-ROM
>
> Back on windows 95 there was an email product called Exchange 4.0 that
> allowed the user to create a workgroup post office. That went away in
> win 98 and I am looking for a suitable replacement. The workstations
> are win 98 with outlook express.
>
> So, I'm open to suggestions for a solution.
>
> Sounds like a good candidate for reload as a Linux box and maybe some
> web based groupware like the one from Suse. What are your suggestions?
>
>
> Regards
>
> --
> Russ Wright <rwrigh10@tampabay.rr.com>
>
>
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