Setting Up NT Server
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- Sod_Bottles
Hey Folks...
I'm having great fun.
We got a dedicated server for a client of ours, and found that it needs DNS and a Mailserver adding.
It's an NT machine.
Any recommendations/advice on how to get DNS up and running and a mailserver ?
Any help might be rewarded with a working kidney, or luxury yacht.Thanks,
Mike.
- blend0
There are free DNS servers out there. Just search for them on google. Their QoS is not all that great, but setting up two or more should do the trick. The information will slowely propagate to other servers.
Mailserver is propably something you want to pay for. At least if there is any kind of mail trafic expected. If you got only the webmaster account you might want to try one of the free mail forwarding services available.
- sp0
what is the box for? is it a company server, if so, how many users do you have at the office?
if you are going to use ms server software, and you need email, you should look at exange. it's a wee-bit pricy, but ms products work best together.
check tucows.com for some good servers - they have dns, firewall, etc available. most of it is free or gpl, but they also list commercial products.
you will need a firewall. if you are going to try to make this nt server a web box, then please get a good firewall [good meaning NOT blackice or zone alarm or other shitty canned app].
a fresh nt/iis server is like 2bit whore, baby, easy easy easy to fuck.
:)
- unknown0
"a fresh nt/iis server is like 2bit whore, baby, easy easy easy to fuck."
I love geek humour, it so.. so...
so geeky
:)
- steveo_uk0
Hi look at smoothwall.org for a firewall. Altn.com for a mail server. which version of nt have you got because it has a built in dns server for windows server 2000