In article <00040623551800.00987@Vagabond>,
Adrian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>On Thu, 06 Apr 2000, Dale R Worley wrote:
>> It wouldn't be too hard to set up a script to run occasionally, with
>> an innocuous name, like "flush-buffers". Have it send a copy of
>> ifconfig's output to some e-mail address you maintain on a service.
>>
>I thought about that but the problem is sending mail. As someone else will have
>it you can't assume they'll be using my ISP. Since very few ISPs allow outside
>users to put mail into their servers (mine included, a wise precaution), it is
>doubtful the email would make it. I do have a hotmail account but I think
>trying to send it thru there would be a major hassle handling cookies and that
>sort of things.
An ISP's mail host and relaying policy is irrelevant. Send the mail
directly to wherever it's going using a real MTA.
I think the real problem would be convincing the laptop's new user to actually
use Linux instead of installing Windows on top of it. It's hard enough finding
legitimate Linux laptop users in the field--illegitimate ones are
even rarer. ;-)
