As the de facto sysadmin for a small Win2K network, I have placed an order for 2Mb/s ADSL. With an always-on net connection like this, should I run a linux box, with 2 3c905 cards, configured as a bridging router, with firewalling software (ie ipchains), and an email server set up as well?
Our ISP could route all email to our domain to an smtp server (linux box), and the win2k client pc’s could pick up their mail by pop3/imap4 from there. Pricewise, this is a favourable solution, compared with Exchange 2K/Gordano NTMail/Lotus Domino/…
I have sufficient linux skill to set this up, but I want to know whether this is likely to be a suitable solution for a network of under 40 people?
Thanks
