[96116] in RedHat Linux List
Re: Security for (SOHO) Newbies
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (John Lewis)
Sat Oct 24 08:00:34 1998
Date: Thu, 22 Oct 1998 21:58:57 +0100
From: John Lewis <jayell@mcmail.com>
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Greg Thomas <gregt@nadel.com>said
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> >
> > And yes! I really do prefer a grapical interface since for most of my computing
> > life I have used one, having used OS/2 in all the desktop versions from ver2.0
> > until my recent switch to RH5.0. I rarely need to use the command line in OS/2
> > as it is easy to use dos/win progs in seamless mode. Suggesting I use comand
> > line progs like sendmail is a backwards step as far as I am concerned.
>
> Ummm, so you're saying somebody can create a GUI for sendmail that takes
> into account every single piece that you can configure?
I didn't intend to suggest _that_ might be possible. But it is possble to set up
a 'dialer' like usernet by asking a few questions, OK I did it by using netcfg
but it could be made even easier by asking the appropriate questions during
installation of the system. Many ex-windows users would be quite at home with
netscape - and usernet & netscape is what I use for my mailing needs. I do not
need anything as complicated to set up as sendmail (and other programs) appear
to be.
For the record I have three pcs in my home office, one running linux, one OS/2
and the third win3.11. Each used for different things. Before I retired I used
to run a Novell network which I designed and installed myself so could do it
again if I had any use for a network. The people I have in mind would only have
a single pc so networking doesn't even enter the equation.
Forget luxuries (for us europeans) like free local calls. We are not online 24x7
so don't need to have automated access to a mail server, just dial up once a day
and stay on line long enough to download what is on the isps server. Browsing
the web for fun is out too, just go on line long enough to find a particular
bit of information, download some some software and that is it. I don't even
consider using irc or news-groups Perhaps this sort of usage is unknown in the
US but it is the way most people I help with their computer problems do things.
Perhaps being pensioners on fixed incomes makes a difference.
>
> >
> > p.s. What do the anti-html guys use when they set up webpages???
> >
>
> I don't think anybody is anti-html when html is used appropriately and in
> the appropriate place.
>
>
I knew I should have added a couple of big smileys two seconds after I pressed
the send button.
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