On Sat, Jan 04, 2003 at 09:05:21PM +0100, Jorge Luis Hernández Valdivia wrote:
> 
> The answer for Bill's questions:
>  
> > 1. Is the Linux Firewall being used for mail *now*,
> > or are you 
> >    setting up an MTA for the first time?
> 
> It has never been used for email before, it's the
> first time.

You must decide which MTA you'll use. Sendmail is the default. You'll 
need to read up on the program you choose.

> > 2. Do you want to send the file *in* the email body,
> > or as an 
> >    attachment, or does it matter?

> it doesn't matter really, however I would prefer to
> send it as an attacment.

You can do that by concatenating a "standard" header with the file, 
but you'll have to change the file into a MIME format before sending.

Read up on MIME, and the utilities that convert to/from Base64.
 
> > 3. What kind of file do you want to send? Is it
> > simple ASCII 
> >    data, or is it a binary/executable/image file?
> > 
> 
> The files I want to send are compressed files (*.tgz)

Please tell us which OS the machine(s) on LAN0 and LAN1 are running. In 
other words, would the mail be sent from a Linux box?

HTH.

Bill

> 
> 
> > Hernández Valdivia wrote:
> > > Hi
> > > 
> > > I got a couple of lans joins by a firewall in
> > linux,
> > > something like this:
>  
> --------       ----------      -------      ----------
> |Lan 0 |-------|Firewall|------|Lan 1|------|Firewall|
> --------       | Linux  |      -------      | Windows|
>                ----------                   ----------
>                                                  |
>                                             ----------
>                                             |Internet|
>                                             ----------
> > > 
> > > I need the Linux Firewall to pick a file from the
> > lan
> > > 0 and send it automatically (crontab) by email to
> > the
> > > exterior. ¿What should I do?
> > 
> > Jorge,
> > 
> 
> 
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