[TriLUG] Debian on PowerMac G4

[James Jones]

Weave, Tanner  and all,

I have been using Google Hosted Email servers for well over a year.
Almost no hitches in there giddiup!

Plus you have all the usual google docs, etc.

jcj

On 2/23/09, Tanner Lovelace <clubjuggler at gmail.com> wrote:
> Weave,
>
>  If you really want to take all the stress out of running your own email
>  server, I can highly recommend Google Hosted Applications.  They
>  handle all the email server stuff and provide, in addition to the GMail
>  web interface, POP3 and IMAP access (all three of which work *very*
>  well with both Debian and Ubuntu).  Life is just too short to deal with
>  running your own mail server (and all the spam avoidance that incurs).
>
>  Cheers,
>
> Tanner
>
>
>  On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 10:48 AM, Brian Weaver <cmdrclueless at gmail.com> wrote:
>  > Thanks all. Turns out I did have a spare x86 based machine in a corner
>  > that I had forgotten about. I'm working on recovering and moving me
>  > setup to the slightly less than ancient machine ;-). I'm normally not
>  > squeamish about recompiling the kernel and other packages. But this
>  > time the less work I have to do the faster I can have my replacement
>  > back online. Since it's my primary mail processing system
>  > (postfix+procmail+dbmail/imap) I'd like to have it working sooner
>  > rather than later.
>  >
>  > I'll leave the G4 system for later when I have more time to try LInux
>  > on it without any stress of getting mine and my wife's e-mail back
>  > online.
>  >
>  > -- Brian
>  >
>  > On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 10:41 AM, Paul McLanahan <pmclanahan at gmail.com> wrote:
>  >> I installed Debian a few months ago on a G4 Mac Mini and had no issues. It's
>  >> a simple(er) machine, granted, but from what I recall it "just worked."
>  >> Good luck,
>  >>
>  >> Paul
>  >>
>  >>
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