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The big question is how many email accounts you are talking about, and how cheap you want to be. I am assuming you have a small office, on the order of 30 people. E-Mail (in order of ease) ------------ a> You could have someone else host it, and you connect through the web. Try http://www.entergroup.com/ or the ISP who provides the internet connection. --> This solution is especially good because they will usually do the SPAM and virus protection as part of the service. b> The AS/400 can do the trick all by itself, It has a built in SMTP mail server. There are a ton of free or cheap email clients, including Outlook Express. c> There are a number of pre-built web and email servers, cost roughly $1000 -- http://www.cdw.com/shop/products/default.asp?EDC=325700 -- http://www.cdw.com/shop/products/default.asp?EDC=376329 d> Domino is a great system, and can run on your AS/400 (assuming capacity exists). I am sure someone else on the list who can sell it to you or help you get it going. e> Roll your own on a Linux machine - you could do it for $1000. Internet connection: ------------ > DSL is probably the best choice to start; you can get in many speeds. If you have more than 40 or so folks, you may want to get a frame relay or T1. > If you host your own email, you will want to get a fixed IP address from the provider. > GET A DSL ROUTER/FIREWALL -- Netgear and Linksys make good ones that can be had for $100 or so. Cisco makes a great one that costs $500 or so. -- http://www.cdw.com/shop/products/default.asp?EDC=427355 Token Ring to Ethernet: ------------ - I found a device from Black Box on the CDW site http://www.cdw.com/shop/products/default.asp?EDC=364158 Good luck >>> esinger@xxxxxxxx 03/28/03 10:13AM >>> Greetings! I hope this is the right place to ask this, and am sure David will let me know if I need to move to another list. I have been given the task of researching, and most likely "quickly" implementing, a internet connection with email to our network. I know that I have a proprietary DSL modem that our ISP will supply that has ethernet connection on the network side. I need to get to a token ring network with fire wall, email server, spam filtering, and what ever else I need to be secure, and stop attacks on our static IP addresses. My problem is I am a lowly COBOL and CL programmer, and have had limited network experience. Just enough info to be dangerous. I am looking for ideas, suggestions and experiences in how to implement the solution. I'm thinking along the lines of an ethernet firewall appliance, with a router of some sort to translate between ethernet and token ring. For an email server, either the AS/400 native stuff (which I know nothing about) or Lotus Domino server (which I know less about!) :^( We have access to Notes on all the client PCs. Came with the Netvista and Thinkpad machines. We don't need a web presence, have no website to serve, just need email and to allow some employees to surf the web as needed for business purposes. What info or suggestions do you have for me? Please post to the list, email me directly, or call me with suggestions. I need to have something for the boss in less than a week on costs and time to implement. Thanks for your help! Jim Essinger Senior Programmer/Analyst Student Loan Fund of Idaho 208-452-4058 _______________________________________________ This is the Midrange Systems Technical Discussion (MIDRANGE-L) mailing list To post a message email: MIDRANGE-L@xxxxxxxxxxxx To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options, visit: http://lists.midrange.com/mailman/listinfo/midrange-l or email: MIDRANGE-L-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx Before posting, please take a moment to review the archives at http://archive.midrange.com/midrange-l. THIS MESSAGE IS INTENDED ONLY FOR THE USE OF THE INDIVIDUAL OR ENTITY TO WHICH IT IS ADDRESSED AND MAY CONTAIN INFORMATION THAT IS PRIVILEGED, CONFIDENTIAL AND EXEMPT FROM DISCLOSURE UNDER APPLICABLE LAW. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, or the employee or agent responsible for delivering the message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, copying, downloading, storing or forwarding of this communication is prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately via email and delete the message from your computer files and/or data base. Thank you.
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