Hi, I am a Delphi Win32 programmer but I am very interested in Linux. However, I am even less than a beginner since (probably like everyone else who is new to Linux) I am flooded with information. Anyway, here's the point: I want to start using Linux for connecting to the internet and I need a mail client program to handle my e-mail. The problem is that since I use Windows to make money, I need to be able to get to my e-mail even in Windows too. So far I see two reasons why I can't do that: 1) I don't know whether there is a mail client foe both Windows and Linux that uses the same format to store e-mail. In Windows, I use Netscape Messenger but from what I learned from this list, the Linux version is more than unstable. Does anybody know about a mailing client which is able to do this? 2) Windows of course cannot access the Linux partitions so I would have to store the mail on Windows partitions. However, from what I see in the "ls -l" output, only root is allowed to write to these partitions. I don't quite want to be logged in as root whenever I want to check my mail. Can I overcome that somehow? It would be nice if I didn't have to connect to the internet in Linux without having to disconnect to boot to Windows. Internet connection is quite expensive here in post communist countries and longer connections are cheaper. All right, the very first moment I have some free time, I will start learning C and try to apply it in Linux. That will probably be the best way of learning the whole system... TIA Martin Jambor ------------------------ Martin Jambor Independent Developer JamborM@iname.com 0604/566 904 ------------------------ -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/support/faq