Ian wrote: > Well I did join, like most of the lists I have joined or started over many > years, in order to learn and give help if I could. > > I am very experienced in computing but have something to learn about this > platform. If that in the owners mind places me low in your ideas and theirs > so be it. >
Yeah, I was pretty experienced prior to entering *nix-world, as well. I began computing in the early 1980s and was online by the mid-1980s. I got into coding (BASIC, QuickBasic, and C) in DOS, and by the time moved into *nix, my Windows box was running Perl, Apache, vi and a bunch of other *nix ports. This did make the transition somewhat easier, but I still had a shitload of stuff to learn, and in fact, I still have a shitload to yet learn, but that is a function of my doing a lot more with *nix now, doing things like managing my own OpenBSD servers, Apache and sendmail, having Samba up and running, and doing an increasing amount of scripting and coding. > While I use Win XP I will use the client that I like best. When I have a > working Linux I will probably change again. I will in the mean time to fit > your rather narrow criteria change this list to Gmail. You don't have to do anything at my behest... I'm just another listmember. I suggested you try Thunderbird because it is a multi-platform, Open Source MUA, and it works pretty well, and is highly configurable. I also run Windows. I have Win2k Pro on my graphics workstation, and Win 3.11 on an older OS/2 installation. I also have Windows XP and Vista Beta2/ RC1, as I did a little testing on that, because most of my clients run Win XP, and I have to stay current in order to provide support. Personally I don't use XP for anything much though, except test-installs for clients, and occasionally for myself, if I have a piece of software I want to check out w/o installing on my Win2k box, which is mission critical, and I don't like 'surprises' on. -- -wittig http://www.robertwittig.com/ . http://robertwittig.net/ To unsubscribe from this list, please email [EMAIL PROTECTED] & you will be removed. Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
