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No Internet...Yes Email

OK, my Networking friends, I have another one...I know there are probably many paths to the same destination...I'm looking for the quickest and most reliable.

8 PC's on a peers LAN, switch, XP Pro, Verizon Versalink 327W router. Four of these PC's need access to 'webmail' as in 'http://webmail.<domain>.com'. The same four need to be otherwise BANNED from any Internet usage.

The other four need Internet access, but BANNED from downloading anything.

Whaddya think?

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Jeff_Burns

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OK, this isn't 'ideal' but it works. My customer is not interested in investing anymore cash into this, so as a temporary(?) fix I configured Outlook Express to handle the e-mail. I then programmed the Internet Options-Connections to a proxy server of 0.0.0.0, which of course, doesn't exist. Finally, I removed access to Internet Options from the users accounts via Group Policy.
I couldn't remove DNS without it affecting the email. A proxy server is out of the question. The router is a Versalink 327W, which does not have the same options and functions of a Linksys router.
I'll split the points for effort and input. I appreciate all your help. Do you see any potential pitfalls in this configuration that I haven't considered?
Thanks again,
Jeff