On Fri, Aug 25, 2000 at 03:12:12PM -0700, Tristan wrote: > Well, I finally installed and (somewhat) configured debian linux > (potato). > My computer is a standalone dialup, and finaly set up fetchmail/exim/Pine > by typing > exim -bd > fetchmail > everytime i connect to the internet, are there better packages to use? You can add these commands to a script under /etc/ppp/ip-up.d, where they will be run each time you connect to your ISP. You may also what to run a cron job to run fetchmail every few minutes while you're online. > is > there a more secure, easier way to check my mail with pine, mutt, etc, and > I subscribe to alot of mailing lists so I use Pine to sort out my Inbox > and send it to different folders again, easier/faster way to do this? man procmail. > My other question is there any scripts or good easy to read texts to tell > me how, to stop alot of the services and daemons that start up when i boot > linux up? less /etc/init.d/README A good reference on Unix/Linux system administration would also be helpful. I recommend the books by Nemeth, Frisch, and Carling. -- Karsten M. Self <kmself@ix.netcom.com> http://www.netcom.com/~kmself Evangelist, Opensales, Inc. http://www.opensales.org What part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? Debian GNU/Linux rocks! http://gestalt-system.sourceforge.net/ K5: http://www.kuro5hin.org GPG fingerprint: F932 8B25 5FDD 2528 D595 DC61 3847 889F 55F2 B9B0
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