Re: shell accounts -- Linux? (fwd)

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On Mon, 24 May 1999, Robert wrote:

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

sorry to hear it.. this is my ISP too, so i tend not to mess with things
that much..

> 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.

here you have access to the gnu compilers, and the machine is quite fast,
so there's nothing to worry about in that respect.. if things get slow,
complain and i'll do something about it.. :)

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

qmail has been nothing but a godsend, i have to know sendmail for my
main line of work, and i don't want to deal with rules processing when i
put in my other 10 waking hours here..  secure server idea (don't run as
root! duh!) and hooks to all of the major features of everything else make
it the perfect mail processor for us.. 

emacs is great for when i do my coding.. i prefer vi for system file
changes (why load a huge binary to change one line?) but we keep all of
the gnu utilities up-to-date.. procmail is current up to 3.11pre4, very
useful for all of the email addresses here..  

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

if there's any way we can serve you, let us know..  in addition, i would
request one thing in return - if you decide to go elsewhere, drop us a
line and tell us what it is we don't offer, or don't have in our favor -
every suggestion helps!

thanks a lot..

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