🚀 go-pugleaf

In article <9sp17s$dm6$1@tron.alex1.va.home.com>, "Sean Connery"
<jns-bond@home.comhormel> wrote:

> If you have a spare old 486/66 or greater box and 2 NICs...you may want
> to setup a Linux firewall/gateway.  You don't even need a HD, monitor,
> or keyboard (after setup).  This way you've got a dedicated firewall
> machine doing NAT for all your other internal boxes/devices.  No
> switching things around.  No paying for "extra" IPs or "computer names".
>  There are a few easy to setup packages, that can run off just floppy,
> or HD with more options.
> 
> www.smoothwall.org
> www.freesco.org
> www.coyotelinux.com
> 
> I'm still chugging along with an older LRP based setup
> (edge.fireplug.net) because I've been too lazy to change it.  It's been
> up 24x7 for 2 years on my old 486/66 under @Home, zero probs.  But it's
> a "dead" project and I need to switch over to one being currently
> supported and updated.  The above 3 are all fine packages, the first two
> even have fancy pants GUI (web) interfaces.
> 
> As far as mailers...I use Pine, grin.  But that is because I SSH into my
> box all the time from work/friends/etc.  When at local console I have
> been enjoying the progress of Evolution (www.ximian.com).  But that's
> GNOME and you're running KDE?  Other decent mailers are Spruce and
> Balsa.  Alot of people go with Mutt (console) for its sheer power. 
> Also, if you're a Pine junky there is a neat X frontend you can use when
> at local console, which thusly lets you use the same app local or remote
> (http://xpine.sourceforge.net/).
> 
> Ximian Evolution is working towards (may be there?) being able to use
> Pine configs for local console without horking anything.
> 
> Check freshmeat.net for more mailers (and anything else) you'd ever
> need...it's a clearinghouse of sorts for everything Linux.
> 

Thanks for all the tips!!! I do have a spare machine to try that out
with.  I already did the seperate IP to my kid.  Maybe I will cancel once
I get it my network really setup.  I'm using Linux Mandrake 8.1 with KDE.
I'm also trying out Evolution. It's an outlook clone, although I tried to
import my contacts from work by saving it as a CSV file.  Didn't want to
import.  But I'll get it.  After all, that's why I want to do Linux.
It's a challenge.  I'm an old PINE fan from my early online experience. I
might try it out.  I seem to be having some problems with Evolution that
looks like it's actually doubling my messages.  I haven't figured out yet
how to delete my messages from server automatically like with Outlook.
Especially for my two mailing list.

-dennis