Re: SME server case study

Hi Graham,

> I guess I would want to know answers to a number of
> questions.
> Do you have a fixed IP?  That is likely to impact on
> any VPN solution for 
> outside access.
At the moment no but to access from outside we have to
get one (I think CNC can provide fixed IP)


> Who secured the Wireless LAN.
This is funny, I can clearly say, nobody! last week in
the viwe of workgroup computer I found an extra PC (we
where 4 in the office, and 5 PC on the net!!) than we
caled the assistance and they told me Now is
secured?!?! I'm studing about WIFI becouse  I rely
only on what I can Understand, now I don't know if the
lan is really secured.


> What are the firewall arrangements?
No firewall arrangement

At present seems that our it system is like an
entertainement park for crackers, free of Charge!!

> We bring the email down to our server from the ISP
> using fetchmail and 
> access it with IMAP clients. 

> We use postfix to send, but all email  to internal
> addresses just stays on 
> the server.

This is a very good suggestion, nice solution 


> PHProjekt is a possible solution for shared
> calendars, contacts etc.  So is 
> Tent.  There are many others.
> Time to change over some of those desktops :-).

Since your presentation I'm studing Phprojekt to
understand how to use it in the best way

> There are many possible solutions, BUT (IMHO) there
> is no real open source 
> equivalent to Outlook.  OTOH, you do not need that
> to have an effective in 
> house system for such a small group.


Thanks a lot!!
Ciao
Matteo