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From: Ken Bigelow <kbigelow@www.play-hookey.com>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Can anyone help with a FreeBSD PPP connection
Date: Sat, 08 Jun 1996 10:42:09 -0700
Organization: Erols Internet Services
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k wrote:
> 
> I recently installed FreeBSD, after downloading all of the disks from
> the internet. I'm familiar with using the unix shell to run internet
> procedures, but I don't know all of the nec. commands.
> 
> I'd like to run a uucp gateway with an ISP and have my users access
> their Email with eudora off of Win. for workgroups machines, by
> speaking to the FreeBSD unix one.
> 
> Does anyone out there run a similiar system? I need some help
> configuring my new server.
> 
> Thanks in Advance for any info.
> 

Very straight-forward. Normal install, with whatever functionality you 
want. Go ahead and configure the basic system how you like it (shell, 
editor, etc.), and add the appropriate users.

Install the qpop package from the packages distribution, and uncomment 
the pop3 line at the bottom of /etc/inetd.conf to enable it. If you want 
to automatically suck mail from other servers, also install the popclient 
package. I have set mine up with a shell script to run regularly under 
cron.

Eudora works fine accessing mail from the POP server.

I hope this helps!

Ken