John,
With linux, you can run an old 486 machine, and get more
performance than a pent 200 on nt. so.... thats another reason it could be
setup cheap (if you do all the work). What do you need to know about a
server? please be explicit, asking general questions gets you general
answers (if any...).
Jamie
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On Wed, 8 Dec 1999, John Morrison wrote:
> Ron LeVine wrote:
> > Just my 2 cents:
> >
> > If you are looking at that kind of cost factor, why not just pipe in a DSL
> > line into somewhere and run a server there. The advantages are: unlimited
> > e-mail and you are only limited in disk space in occordance to your hard
> > drive.
>
> I am interested in the cheap part, I kind of understand DSL but server has
> me a little confused. Can you tell me what kind of hardware and software
> this would require.
>
> Thanks,
>
> John Morrison
>
