mvp@v7fs1.UUCP (Mike Van Pelt) (08/16/89)
I'm planning to set up a 386 PC as a mail and news server on a network of Suns. My current plan is to remote mount the spool files onto the Sun, so I need a Unix that understands NFS. I also want to have all mail (including local mail) sent to the PC for delivery, so I need the PC to run sendmail. This is the way it's working now, with a Sun as the mail server. My main concerns are: 1) Is there an NFS that works on Unix-running PC's? Is there a problem going between the SysV Unix on PC's and the Berkeley Unix on the Sun, or does NFS handle this in some reasonable fashion? (It should; PC-NFS interfaces MS-DOS and Unix.) 2) What about the availability of sendmail for SysV? Can Berkeley-style sockets connect to it? 3) Do any of the PC Unix vendors supply NFS and/or sendmail, or do these need to be obtained separately? 4) Has anyone else done this? If so, are there any awful pitfalls I need to know about? Any vendors to steer clear of? Please send Email, and I'll summarize. -- Mike Van Pelt "Nobody's life, liberty, or property Headland Technology/Video 7 are safe while Congress is in session." ...ames!vsi1!v7fs1!mvp -- Will Rogers