Re: shell accounts -- Linux? (fwd)

[http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert (Robert)]

 > From: rm-r networks <http://www.rm-r.net/~root>
 > Date: Mon  May 24,  1:26pm
 >
 > try #2 - the first one bounced due to a procmail error on your side.. :(
 > 
 > http://www.rm-r.net/~root

Yeah.  My ISP's been fucking around with things a lot lately.  This is one
of the reasons I want to leave.

 > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
 > Date: Sun, 23 May 1999 22:46:22 -0400 (EDT)
 > From: rm-r networks <http://www.rm-r.net/~root>
 > To: Robert <http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert>
 > Subject: Re: shell accounts -- Linux?
 > 
 > On Fri, 21 May 1999, Robert wrote:
 > 
 > > Hi.  Do you use Linux for your shell accounts?  I use Linux at home and
 > > it would be way-useful to have that.  I'm thinking about ditching my
 > > current shell provider, cyberpass.
 > 
 > we actually use solaris..  the only other unix flavor we run here is
 > freebsd - no linux boxes unfortunately..  you'll find that solaris and
 > linux are fairly similar, the only problems being binary compatibility and
 > file locations, which are easily sorted out..

That's what cyberpass uses.  I was hoping to find Linux so I could compile
programs here and just upload them to use them.  cyberpass can get quite
slow and make it difficult to compile.

 > > Also, do you guys have procmail (run from .forward)?
 > 
 > we run qmail, and have the .forward extension installed on it, so you can
 > run procmail from your .forward file..  qmail has some peculiarities, as
 > it prefers a different file format (.qmail), so if you run into
 > limitations with .forward, .qmail will be the way to go..  either way, i'd
 > be more than happy to help with all of it.. 

I love qmail!  It's among my fave programs right up there with procmail
and Emacs.

I'm still shopping around, but I will definitely consider you-all.

Thanks for the response.

 > http://www.rm-r.net/~root