Mike Ruskai wrote in a message to All:
 MR> Not too long ago, I had a cable modem installed, which provides me
 MR> with an  unbelievably fast connection, 24/7, with a fixed IP
 MR> address.  So far, I've  seen sustained rates inbound of over
 MR> 4.5Mbps (with multiple connections, since no one site seems able to
 MR> saturate my link).
Nice, but we'll probably be the last in the country to get access to those, 
sigh.
 MR> So far, I've set up two telnet nodes for my BBS (quite easy with
 MR> Vmodem), a  FTP server (using Penguin FTP now - would like to know
 MR> any alternatives  believed to be better), and a HTTP server (Apache
 MR> 1.1.3).
We run ZFTPD, as I found that PENFTP caused odd hangs and is a bit cranky 
from time to time. ZFTP is much faster and altough a bit of a nuisance to 
work with it still beats penftp hands down for speed and durability.
 MR> The questions:
 MR> 1)  Anyone know of good SMTP/POP3 server software that is free or
 MR> nearly free? My goal is free e-mail for my BBS users.
Hethmon Brothers mail server.
 MR> 2)  Anyone know a good newsgroup  fido gating program?  I've
 MR> tried  something called NGATE, but it's ridiculously slow
 MR> retrieving news - only  about 1500-4000 bytes per second, whereas
 MR> my newsreader routinely pulls  120,000 bytes per second out of it.
Watergate.
 MR> 3)  Is there a version of Apache for OS/2 later than 1.1.3?
Ya got me there, we run a tiny little free web server that seems to do the 
job. I'll try to dig up the name for you. Check the site.
Adios for now,
Lightnin' Lar (larry@fidogate.com)
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