Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (4344 mails)

[Bruce Marshall <bmarsh@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tuesday 02 August 2005 09:18 pm, JB wrote:
> On Tuesday 02 August 2005 18:13, Bruce Marshall wrote:
>
>   <snip>
>
> > Maybe you should start with the rationale of why you want to do this.....
> > because there may be much simpler, easier ways to do it.
>
>   A group I belong to asked me. I think it's because I said I use Linux,
> and they must have figured I was a 'guru' or something, heh.
>
> > For example, for about $7/month I know where you can get a dandy hosted
> > site that will do all this for you and provide good controls for setting
> > up email accts, ftp, web hosting, etc....    a lot for the money.
>
>   Will I be able to 'manage' it myself? Like change things on the website,
> open new accounts for new users, etc ?
>   Thanks for the offer, I'd like to take a look at it if you don't mind.
>
> > Basically you have a lot to learn.... (not a put down)   You didn't once
> > mention a domain name or static ip address.   Although you can use a
> > dynip.org or such, you're adding to the complexity.  Much better to have
> > a domain name which also could be applied to my scenario above.
> >
> > So what's your pleasure?
>
>   Reading yours and Ian's posts didn't give me *any* pleasure whatsoever!
> Ya brutes! LOL
>   Now I have to tell my 'group leader' all the bad news...at least until
> Bruce turns me on to the 'host' thing and I learn a little more about it,
> heh.
>
>   Thanks guys, I really appreciated the input on this. (No sarcasm meant)
>
>   John B