MG> MG>> And I run NT 4.0 here, and run web, e-mail and FTP servers with it.
MG> MG>> It's a /very/ secure system.

MG> JF> Which email server do you run with nt-4... ?  Exchange?

MG>I don't run IIS, so I use the Mercury/Win32 e-mail server. It's completely
MG>free, the author only charges for the manuals and technical support, but
MG>there's plenty of online help available as well. It's a pretty decent e-mail
MG>server, with a lot of features, but it won't run as a service, unless you us
MG>utility (which came with the NT Resource kit) called SRVANY that allows you
MG>run any program as a service. I don't have remote users on my NT system, and
MG>don't have any trouble just running it in the background, so I didn't bother
MG>looking for that utility yet.

I've been toying with WinRoute here on my Windows 2000 box (and like the
features it offers very much, including ip forwarding (how the BBS runs,
actually), as well as NAT and its built in email server.  I don't know
if the email server could support antivirus scans or anything, and I
thought having Outlook with a web interface might be nice....but i'm
still on the cheap side of things for now....


MG>It will work with a dynamic IP, provided you use a DNS subdomain/IP redirect
MG>service, and enter your subdomain in the config. It will also support multip
MG>domains.

MG> JF>  Also, how do you feel about the discontinued support for nt-4 ?

MG>Well, since Win 2000 is in reality Win NT v5.0, I guess it was inevitable. I
MG>must say, for it's age (released in 1996) it sure was advanced for it's time
MG>After struggling with mail hubbing and 24/7 BBS stuff for a few years with W
MG>95 and then Win 98, I now sure wished I'd started out with NT in the first
MG>place. I tried Linux along the way, and I liked it, but BBSing under it can
MG>pretty get complicated, while NT is a little more familiar, and older BBS st
MG>will still work under it.

I may have to take some time and play around with this package.  I'm
thinking (soon) I'll be converting my telnetable BBS from win95 (cause
it is strictly DOS based and I thought that would be the best
implementation for it, since the machine is a 100 mhz machine) to NT-4.
Moving to NT 4, though, I'll be changing computers to roughly a 400 mhz.
(I believe).  I'm still working on it. :)


MG>The way Microsoft does things, I'd say we've been pretty lucky that they've
MG>supported it for as long as they did...

Yes, I agree. :)

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