🚀 go-pugleaf

pete@nospam.demon.co.uk wrote:

> In article  <20080205.1306.20004snz@flashy.nut>
>            sum1else@some.address "Ian" writes:
> 
> > paul@pcserviceselectronics.co.uk wrote:
>   [..]
> > > Stick to your old settings and look at changing ISP or use a cheap Linux/BSD
> > > box as a mailserver.
> > >
> > I'll continue using my old settings and see how long it is till they
> > stop customers using the old "insecure" (as they call it) settings, then
> > they'll lose a customer.
> > Not sure if my screen reader/voice synthesizer would work with linnux.
> 
> I suspect that wasn't what Paul meant; at least what I understood
> was to get hold of an old 486 or P1 box, install the bits of
> Linux you need on there for services you need, and connect your
> present PC/YAN to this using a packet driver or some such
> trickery.
>
> I think Simon mentioned that he uses a setup something like this
> (the word "ndis3pkt" has found its way into my consciousness) so
> it would be worth looking back through dispc for info.
>
> Pete

Oh, sorry - I thought he was suggesting going over to the linnux thing
altogether, which I've never fancied much.
As to the hardware setup you describe, I'd definitely need sighted
assistance with a task of  that magnitude! And since Compusa, who were
good, have closed down, technical assistance is very hard to get here,
I've found.
As of today, smtp on the old settings is still working, with the
automatic nag message coming in as usual. If this is all that happens,
well, I can put up with that.  If they  stop me sending mail at some
point, though, they lose a customer and all I lose is the internet, which
to be honest is not much loss, given the lamentable moronic content of
most n/groups in recent years (this group, needless to say, excepted)
--
Ian