No problem kent :) your welcome Jamie On Sunday 16 September 2001 04:02 pm, you wrote: > Thanks Jamie, I have now got kmail up and running. Also thanks for the > lilo help. > > Kent > > On Sunday 16 September 2001 18:11, you wrote: > > Kent, > > Hi, Im combining several replies into one.... > > > > Kent, > > Im currently using kmail, its grown to be quite a usable > > program, and doesnt seem to launch outlook based viri.... It has an > > address book, and if your using KDE already, then you probably have it. > > There are a lot of email clients that run under linux, too many > > for me to try listing.. My personal fav's are pine, kmail, and sometimes > > netscape messanger (big fat pig of a client though...) > > As jacob mentioned, procmail is a great filtering tool, The code > > is a bit difficult at first to learn, but quite versitile, and powerful. > > I dont use grub, but i do use lilo, and am fairly well versed in > > lilo.conf (a little better now that pat hip'd be to password protection) > > > > > > Ok so, lilo conf is pretty straight forward, there are basicly 2 > > sections > > (its not too obvious, but there is a global section, and a section for > > the individual systems that are installed... > > > > heres my local box's lilo as an example... (note.. comments are not part > > of the file...) > > > > ########### this part is the global section ######### > > boot=/dev/hda < -- boot device! > > map=/boot/map > > install=/boot/boot.b > > default=linux <--------- this line sets the default LABEL to load > > keytable=/boot/us.klt > > lba32 <-- I have a LBA based hard disk... > > prompt <-- prompt the user which os to load > > timeout=50 <---- how long to wait before loading the default os > > message=/boot/message-graphic > > menu-scheme=wb:bw:wb:bw > > ######## below is the part that deals with each os you want to access > > ###### image=/boot/vmlinuz <--- the kernel to load... > > label=linux <-- label, this can be whatever you want... > > root=/dev/hda5 <-- what partition has the root filesystem > > initrd=/boot/initrd.img > > read-only > > image=/boot/vmlinuz > > label=failsafe > > root=/dev/hda5 > > initrd=/boot/initrd.img > > append=" failsafe" <--- this is a feature... I never really > > use it read-only > > other=/dev/hda1 <--- this is a windows boot... pretty simple huh! > > label=windows > > table=/dev/hda > > other=/dev/fd0 > > label=floppy > > unsafe > > ############### end of jamie's lilo.conf ############ > > There are a LOT of things you can do with lilo, this is just the basics, > > read: man lilo for details on all the groovy stuff you can do with lilo! > > > > Jamie > > > > On Sunday 16 September 2001 03:27 pm, you wrote: > > > Thanks. I'll check these out and see how it goes. > > > > > > Kent > > > > > > At 01:50 PM 9/16/01 -0700, you wrote: > > > >On Sun, Sep 16, 2001 at 02:08:18PM -0700, Kent Loobey wrote: > > > >> What is a good linux email program? Is there a linux email program > > > >> that supports filters, address books, etc.? > > > > > > > >procmail is a mail filter and much more. > > > >http://www.procmail.org/ > > > > > > > >There are many good email programs, but I don't use address books, > > > >so as far as that goes, I don't know what to suggest. > > > > > > > >Personally, I like mutt. > > > >http://www.mutt.org/ > > > > > > > >> Thanks. > > > >> > > > >> Kent > > > > > > > >-- > > > ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
