question

[Ben Pfaff]

"Tim Schmidt" <computer_holic@hotmail.com> writes:

> I would give $5 or more every time the domain had to be renewed
> for an @gllug.org email addy.  Anything to get me off of
> Hotmail (bleh!).

You're bringing up something that's a little different from what
I had envisioned.  There are really three different levels of
email (that I can think of) usability:

	1. Forwarding address: add `tim:
           computer_holic@hotmail.com' to /etc/aliases.

	2. Email account: optional storage of email on
           www.gllug.org with access through POP-3 or IMAP.

	3. Shell account: #2 plus a Linux login account so that
           email can be read via ssh/telnet + an email client.

#1 is all that I'd meant to suggest.  At any rate, our bandwidth
provider (currently MLC) should be able to veto any of the
suggestions, but especially #3 because it's likely to require
much more bandwidth and be a much bigger security risk.

> I'll bring some cash to the next meeting (wether or not I get
> an address).  I guess it's up to the current/next sysadmin to
> determine if the e-mail suggestion is feasable, and if it is,
> it's up to the president to determine if it should be done.
> Correct?

I'd be in favor of #1 or at most #2.  We have nearly 2 GB free on
/var right now[1] so storage space for email wouldn't be a
problem.

[1] Yes, I have an account, including root access[3], on
www.gllug.org currently, as an artifact of sysadminning and
webmastering it for a while[2].

[2] I'd be willing to take this back over, being a little less
pressed for time these days.  Anyone want to nominate me?[4]

[3] Anyone mind if I upgrade it to Debian 2.2?

[4] I'm not going to nominate myself.