Hi! I'm working on setting up a LAN here at home. I have 2 computers here, 1 running Windows ME (within the next few weeks I'll be reinstalling ME (it's that time of the year) and then I'll also be trying to dual-boot ME and Libranet)-- my parents' computer-- and my Linux box, which I'm dual-booting Debian and Redhat on. My parents' computer has a winmodem which keeps on destabilising the system, so I want to disable it and have it connect through my computer's external modem. The computers are currently networked (pretty much-- I'll work out the bugs after the reinstall) and sharing files perfectly with Samba. On my computer, I already have fetchmail/postfix/maildrop set up to get my mail from my ISP, process, and deliver it-- but I don't have a static IP, so it's not a 'free-standing' server; I have Apache set up because I use webmin and dwww. I've already set up amavis/clamav to scan my mail because I'm kinda hoping that I can at best download everyone's mail and process it myself (and use my SMTP server for outgoing mail, which I already do for my own mail), or, at worst, it won't be a total waste because my mail can't be blamed for any infections on the Windows box (it has a mcafee virus scanner, but still...). I also want to be able to store all of my files (even ones generated on the Windows computer) on my computer and be able to access them easily-- but samba seems to work extremely well for that. :) So I have several questions: Can I set up modem sharing with a minimum of hassle for my parents when they go to use it and for free? How? Semi-related question-- do I absolutely *need* Partition Magic to dual-boot Linux and Windows? The thing is, with my dad being out of work, we don't have money for a $60 piece of software. :( Is it possible to set up the mail on my system so that my parents' mailboxen can be accessed with Mozilla on their computer? I tried getting Moz to get mail from localhost but it won't-- will I run into similar problems over a LAN? Is there anything else I should be setting up? TIA. -- Vikki Roemer Homepage: http://www.2khiway.net/users/vroemer Registered Linux user #2880021 http://counter.li.org/ "Just because you're not paranoid, that doesn't mean they're not out to get you." (ripped from someone's slashdot .sig) PGP fingerprint: 0A3E 0AE4 CCD9 FF31 B4BB C859 2DE1 B1D8 5CE0 1578 Keyserver: http://pgp.mit.edu/ -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.12 GAT d-(?) s: a--- C++++(++) UL++++ P+ L+++>++++ E W++ N+ o? K- w--() O? M? V?(-) PS+(+++) PE(++) Y+ PGP++ t+@ 5 X-() R*(?) tv-- b+++(++) DI+ D--(?) G e-(*)>+++++ h! r-- x? ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------
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