Bits N Pieces: MDK/X and Fixing MS Exchange

[mike808@users.sourceforge.net]

> OSnews takes an early look at the Mandrake Linux 10.0 Preview Edition:
> "With Kernel 2.6, KDE 3.2 beta and XFree86 4.4 beta, 
> it doesn't leave much to be desired."
> 
> http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=5577&page=1

Although it's specific to Mandrake, any distribution could do this.
It remains a viable insertion of OpenSource technologies to isolate and
compartmentalize MS Exchange in the corporate networks.

> 'BizCase' of the Week: "We 'fixed' Exchange with Mandrake."
> What can be done to help an ailing MS-Exchange email server? 
> This system administrator uses a Mandrake/Postfix server as the front-end 
> SMTP server and hides the Exchange server behind the firewall:
> "The Exchange server then receives its mail from the Mandrake box. 
> That way, whenever the Exchange server packs it in [goes down], 
> the mail is still received and queued, waiting for us to fix the 
> Exchange server again. The Mandrake box holds onto it until we're ready 
> -- no more rejected mail."
> http://www.mandrakebizcases.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=559

Enjoy.
Mike/

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