> >> Part of dan's problem is that he's using a very old computer. People with new > >> computers can easily install linux, people with older computers have better > >> luck using older software.Softare that was written around the time that his > >> computer was new would likely be easier, however he would be missing out on a > >> lot of the benefits of newwer software.
This is not the case at all; Dan's computer is sufficiently "new" to run all the necessary text-based programs. As I clearly indicated he does not _want_ to run and GUI software, and Debian 3.0 is installed and working on his box just fine. What he wants/needs is to get a text-based mail program working. > >Actually, Dan's hardware can run a fresh NetBSD/OpenBSD distro no sweat > >(heck - he could even run X with wm2 fairly well if he wants to). There is no reason to switch distros; Dan has already spent considerable time and resources getting Debian setup and learning how to use it. > >One thing though: why download the messages? I believe Dan has an EFN > >account, right? He should be able to ssh into EFN and run Pine or Mutt, > >no? If yes, then all thats left is the PPP configuration. Even if EFN > >doesn't allow Pine/Mutt on their system, there are other alternatives > >like freeshell.org which do. > > EFN supports shell access, we have Pine and Mutt. > He doesn't even need to do PPP to connect to EFN. This has been suggested already, by Larry Price at one of our Emerald Park meetings over a year ago as a matter of fact, and Dan said that he wanted to download his mail and work off-line so that he could free up his phone while he was reading and responding to messages. Dexter Graphic -- Always trying to present things as clearly as possible. _______________________________________________ Eug-LUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.efn.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/eug-lug
