personally id be using debian, for pretty much the same reason, either debian or a bsd based machine. as for mta i prefer qmail sendmail is a bloated satanic bug riddled heathen. but thats just my opinion. dont forget fetchmail etc too tom
"Either you think, or else others have to think for you and take power from you, pervert and discipline your natural tastes, civilize and sterilize you." -F. Scott Fitzgerald- ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul L Daniels" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Terry Denovan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, October 30, 2002 10:37 AM Subject: Re: [SLUG] (no subject) > > the best one to use is Mandrake, 1. Its Free, 2. Its Easy.Could you > > please confirm what software I should be using and who may be able to > > help set it up. > > Personally, I'd rather recommend something like Slackware 8.1 + Webmin > > Things like Mandrake/RedHat, whilst visually simple to start out with, tend to make things a little more complex when problems arise [imho]. Using something like Slackware means that you do not have any exterior scripts to intefere with matters when you're trying to solve issues. > > Of course, beyond the Distro, you also have to wonder/think about which MTA to use. A lot of people from every camp are going to tell you that their choice is best ;-) > > Regards. > > > -- > Paul L Daniels http://www.pldaniels.com > Linux/Unix systems Internet Development > ICQ#103642862,AOL:cinflex,IRC:inflex > A.B.N. 19 500 721 806 > -- > SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ > More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug > -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
