From: "Johan Reuvekamp" 
Subject: Re: Using the server to connect to the internet.  Where do I start?
Date: 1999/06/18
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Organization: XS4ALL Internet BV
NNTP-Posting-Date: 18 Jun 1999 11:59:13 GMT
Newsgroups: comp.os.netware.connectivity,comp.os.netware.misc,fido.novell

Tim,

Novell Internet Access Server 4.1 will give your server (not the rest of
your network) Internet access. For more info read
http://developer.novell.com/research/appnotes/1998/april/a4frame.htm

If you want to give all workstations Internet access you need dynamic NAT. I
don't think it is included with NW4.2 but it is a free download. Search the
file finder at support.novell.com for FNAT01.EXE

For more info on NAT search the knowledgebase at support.novell.com for TID
2928309. After you have installed NAT the workstations will have a LAN
connection to the Internet using the server as a router.

Regarding mail: with NIAS + NAT all workstations can use e-mail clients like
Outlook Express (as well as web browsers and most other Internet
applications). But every e-mail user must have its own e-mail account with
the ISP which he/she retrieves with POP3 from the ISP mail server. You only
need 1 dial-up account for the server.

If you want your server retrieve all the e-mail for you own domain and let
the server distribute it to the users you need a mail server program on the
server. And you need to register your own domain and make your ISP to send
all mail for that domain to your server. Groupwise is indeed similar to
Exchange Server and does much more than only e-mail. I think it is a great
program but if you don't want the other features and only e-mail and you
think Groupwise is too expensive you can have a look at a pure e-mail server
like Max. For more info on Max: http://www.weitlandt.com/max.htm

Regards,
Johan Reuvekamp