Mike Ruskai wrote in a message to Larry Evans:
 MR> Some senseless babbling from Larry Evans to Mike Ruskai
 MR> on 07-20-97  08:44 about Server questions...
 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).
 LE> We run ZFTPD, as I found that PENFTP caused odd hangs and is a bit
 LE> cranky from time to time. ZFTP is much faster and altough a bit of a
 LE> nuisance to work with it still beats penftp hands down for speed and
 LE> durability. 
 MR> The thing that I like about Penguin is the way it handles drives in
 MR> OS/2 -  it treats them as directories, so that f:\tcpip would be
 MR> /f/tcpip.  I have  a copy of ZFTP sitting here, so I'll have a look
 MR> at it.
Yep, Penguin is a much prettier package and has some nice features, just 
isn't robust enough.
 MR> The questions:
 MR>  
 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.
 LE> Hethmon Brothers mail server.
 MR> Have that set up, currently inactive.  The price tag is a bit steep
 MR> for  someone who's about to become a poor college student.  Unless
 MR> I find  something else, though, I'll bite the bullet, because it's
 MR> an excellent  package.
Its a decent bit of software.
 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.
 LE> Watergate.
 MR> Got a source for that in case I can't find it?
I can round up a copy for you if need be. You could probably find it on 
CDROM.COM or Hobbes though.
 MR> 3)  Is there a version of Apache for OS/2 later than 1.1.3?
 LE> Ya got me there, we run a tiny little free web server that seems to do
 LE> the job. I'll try to dig up the name for you. Check the site.
 MR> Does it support CGI?
Did you log into the site and look at whats there yet? We are learning as we 
go as well.
Adios for now,
Lightnin' Lar (larry@fidogate.com)
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