Re: Is Internal Email Available for Small Office?

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From: Ben M. Schorr, MVP-OneNote (bens_at_bogusaddress.mvp)
Date: 05/26/04

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    On 26 May 2004 09:11, "Jose" wrote:
    >We have a small office (4 computers) running on windows xp pro and
    >using outlook, outlook express, and a Linksys wireless router (using
    >WEP). We don't have a server or Exchange, etc. Is there a way to send
    >internal email directly to each other without going over the Internet
    >-- and incurring the security risk of sending confidential intraoffice
    >communications over the Internet. True, we could send encrypted email.
    >But better solution would be just not to have our internal email leave
    >our wireless network. I called Cisco, and their routers cannot do this for us.
    >
    >Someone suggested installing Linux and using Sendmail, but that is not
    >an attractive option either.

    Not having a server complicates matters significantly; where would you
    locate the mailboxes without a server? You can send primitive pop-up messages
    to each other without going out onto the Internet I suppose.
    I think encrypted mail is going to be your best solution, under the circumstances.
    You *MIGHT* be able to set up a Workgroup PostOffice but that's not an
    undertaking I'd enter into lightly. Here's more info: http://www.slipstick.com/addins/services/wgpo.htm

    By the way -- WEP can be fairly easily cracked so if you're serious about
    security on your wireless LAN you should look into some of the more advanced
    solutions like WPA. 

    --
-Ben-
Ben M. Schorr, MVP-OneNote
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