klugenratte
09-10-2002, 06:41 PM
For our organization we currently use an outsourced e-mail provider that supplies a very small amount of disk space, ~1MB for each user. As a result we frequently max out our disk space when a user goes on vacation.
All users (~150) are on Windows based systems using Outlook 2000 or XP for e-mail. Upper management is extremely resistant to change, so moving to a different client e-mail app is out of the question. Especially since they've already paid for all those Outlook licenses.
What I need to do is set up a relay server that will download all users' e-mail messages on a regular basis (checking for new messages every few minutes). Users' would check the relay server for their new messages (using Outlook) rather than connecting directly to the outsourced e-mail server. Outgoing mail will still be sent directly through the outsourced SMTP server and will not touch the relay server.
I have not been able to locate any documentation that will walk me through the process of setting up such a server. Being an extreme Linux newbie (I've been a Windows SysAdmin for several years becuase Windows paid the bills), I do not have a strong enough background in Linux to hack my way through-it without guidance. In fact, I've read so much documentation that I am now more confused than ever and don't even know where to start.
Can someone please help me out: Tell me what I need, where to go for docs, translate terms to be newbie-friendly, etc?
I have set up a Linux file server and a couple Linux workstations using Red Hat Linux 7.1 and Mandrake 8.2, so I'm not completely blind, but I'm still very new to Linux.
Thanks.
All users (~150) are on Windows based systems using Outlook 2000 or XP for e-mail. Upper management is extremely resistant to change, so moving to a different client e-mail app is out of the question. Especially since they've already paid for all those Outlook licenses.
What I need to do is set up a relay server that will download all users' e-mail messages on a regular basis (checking for new messages every few minutes). Users' would check the relay server for their new messages (using Outlook) rather than connecting directly to the outsourced e-mail server. Outgoing mail will still be sent directly through the outsourced SMTP server and will not touch the relay server.
I have not been able to locate any documentation that will walk me through the process of setting up such a server. Being an extreme Linux newbie (I've been a Windows SysAdmin for several years becuase Windows paid the bills), I do not have a strong enough background in Linux to hack my way through-it without guidance. In fact, I've read so much documentation that I am now more confused than ever and don't even know where to start.
Can someone please help me out: Tell me what I need, where to go for docs, translate terms to be newbie-friendly, etc?
I have set up a Linux file server and a couple Linux workstations using Red Hat Linux 7.1 and Mandrake 8.2, so I'm not completely blind, but I'm still very new to Linux.
Thanks.