[Techtalk] Windows-like Linux

[Wendy Galovich]

On Saturday 16 March 2002 09:00, WolfRyder wrote:
> Melanie,
>
> An alternative is to download Eudora (free with ads) or pay for a copy of
> Eudora Pro. I've used it for years with no problem.
> http://www.eudora.com/

I'll second that. When I have to use a Windows machine, Eudora is my 
hands-down favorite - it's simple yet one of the most configurable Windows 
mail clients I've come across. 

One undocumented "feature" I found is that with Eudora it's ridiculously easy 
to set up multiple users each with their own copy of the client, on the same 
machine. We did that for my parents and niece, who share a Windows 98 
machine, and specifically did not want to have to use separate user logins 
for their respective spaces. So we set the machine up with the OS on C:, and 
separate partitions for each of them. I installed Eudora first on my mom's 
partition, then copied The Eudora directory to my dad's and niece's, 
partitions and created a desktop link to each of the copies of the Eudora 
executable. That way each copy is configured for the individual using it, and 
they don't have to sift through each other's mail to get to their own. The 
funny thing is that it never dawned on me until after I'd been using Linux 
for the first few months, that what I'd actually done was to mimic some 
characteristics of user space on a Linux machine, on a Windows box. :-) 

If you're using Eudora Pro, I couldn't say what the licensing implications of 
this setup might be, however. I think the Eudora Pro license does specify 
either one machine only, or one user with the allowance for one desktop and 
one laptop. It doesn't say anything about multiple copies on one machine. Of 
course if you're using Eudora Lite or the free version with ads, that should 
be a non-issue. 

Wendy 

P.S. For me, the best part of setting them up with Eudora is not having to 
receive hmtl mail anymore. :-)