G'day Bob

18 Jul 04 09:29, Bob Lawrence wrote to David Drummond:

 BL>  My plan was to have a Linux box with a modem, networked to the
 BL> Windows box where I do most of my work... one-way. I can read all the
 BL> files on the Linux box, but none of the files *from* to Linux box, 
 BL> and I don't have to trust Windows for isolation. Samba protects me, Linux
 BL> protects me, and the Internet firewall protects me. 

 BL>  Unfortunately... I can't pick up BBS mail in Linux. TinyMail is a
 BL> DOS program that uses Telix, which won't run in Linux using the 
 BL> DOSEMU emulator, and the Linux Minicom "equivalent" is as
much use as a
 BL> clockwork orange.

 BL>  Therefore, I either write my *own* Telix equivalent in Linux;
 BL> abandon the idea of the BBS (as most of you have done) and use the
 BL> Internet exclusively; dual-boot back to DOS in the Linux box to pick
 BL> up mail; or add another modem, and use the Windows box to pick up BBS
 BL> mail.

If you're picking up your mail via the Internet (as we do), why are you using Telix?

Have the modem on the Linux machine do the Internet dial up bit (dial on
demand), share the internet connection to the rest of the network using IP
masquerade (or NAT to Windows persons), and run your IP aware mailer on the
WinBox.

Regards,
David

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