RE: Email And WebServer

["Mark Harrison" <Mark.Harrison@xxxxxxx>]

Paul,

Well - saying you don't want to spend horrendous amounts of money, and then
saying that you're going to use Exchange server isn't snap :-)

A Via box with 256Mb RAM will run Exchange 5.5 perfectly well, together
with a web server.

You will need a fixed IP for your Exchange server. This is the IP address
that you get your DNS "MX record" pointed to. (An MX record
defines where mail should be delivered.)

Personally, if you're up to installing NT on a small network, then
installing a single-site Exchange shouldn't be that hard.

On web servers, if you must use Windows, then I'd go for apache or Jetty.
Jetty is, well, harder, but overall will give you a superb server capable
of hosting Java Servlets. You don't need a separate IP address - most of
the modern servers support "virtual servers", in which they work
out whether the client is asking for "www.comet.co.uk" or
"www.bcc.nl" and serve up the right page as appropriate.

If you want a really easy server, the MS one (IIS) isn't bad. I've managed
to get a few quick and dirty websites up by following my nose on that.

Regards,

Mark

-----Original Message-----
From: paul_watkin [mailto:paul_watkin@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 13 June 2002 16:11
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: [ukha_d] Email And WebServer


I am now getting adventurous and fancy hosting my own websites and 
providing my own email server, but haven't got the first clue how to 
achieve it!!!

So can somebody please explain in SIMPLE terms, what I would need to 
implement in order to have the following functionality.

1. WWW server preferably supporting multiple web sites (not sure how 
this is acheived, do I need a seperate IP address for each site?)

2. Email Server that is completely stand alone collecting email from 
the internet and sending it directly, not via a third party service 
provider. Is this possible without spending horrendous ammounts of 
money?

3. If possible use standard USB webcams (assuming I use Win2K) and 
have the images served up on different websites running on the www 
server

Important Points 
1. I will be using Exchange as I want the group calendar functions etc
2. 1 Box solution preferred i.e NT/2000 Box. 
3. Fixed IP Address available
4. I will not be using LINUX

I would prefer to have as much of this under my control as possible.

Also would a Via C3 board be powerfull enough to provide this kind of 
functionality?

If I am asking daft questions or have missed something previously 
posted my apologies.

Regards

Paul




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