Having only recently loaded Ubuntu 7.1 on a spare computer, I am striving (on
and off) to come to grips with it. I plan, ultimately, to switch completely to
Ubuntu if I can learn to live with it. I have decided that the best way to
determine it's suitability is simply to use it as much as I can and attempt to
configure things as I go along. But I have a chicken and egg problem - how to
wean myself off of Windows (XP)? I will also need to assess which, for me, are
the most suitable OSS replacement for my favourite Windows based programs. I
figure this will take me a year.
First things first. Should I?:
1. Set up a dual boot or,
2. Install a second HDD or
3. Simply network two computers?
In each case I might need some assistance/advice.
I have been watching, with great interest, the flow of emails from this group.
So much advice and information. So much to know! Trouble is I don't know what
I don't know. So I am tempted to save everything - just in case. But that is
ridiculous! Does someone have a good management system for "just in case"
information? Maybe I should just ignore things that are not (yet) affecting me?
Compliments of the season to all
Dave W
----- Original Message -----
From: Christopher Lees
To: [email protected]
Sent: Saturday, December 29, 2007 12:23 AM
Subject: Re: ubuntu-au Digest, Vol 22, Issue 25
On Fri, 2007-12-28 at 12:00 +0000, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
> Message: 4
> Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2007 14:32:51 +1100
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Telstra was one of these ISPs after their email system
> ground to a halt when they were inundated with spam both incoming and
> outgoing just a few years ago.
>
> Cheers,
> Andre
I remember this very well; the failure of their e-mail system disrupted
non-Telstra e-mail traffic too, which caused me to lose important
e-mails addressed to me, and also important e-mails that I sent. This in
turn caused the break up of a team for a university assignment, which
also caused me to fail that assignment, and caused me to fail the whole
unit (by just four marks!) and meant I had to spend another semester at
university!
Moral of the story: Use SpamAssassin instead; it doesn't generate return
traffic and it works extremely well to stop spam. You're looking at
someone who doesn't get spam on their SA-protected account anymore!
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