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Hi, |
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Sorry for being a bit off topic here but it's for a good causee. |
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Thanks in advance, |
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I manage a Gentoo machine for my dad who is in his 80's now. He's |
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not the least bit Linux literate but likes Gnome and has used Gentoo |
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as a user only for about 5-6 years now. |
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He has just started switching from Time-Warner's Roadrunner cable |
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modem service to Verizon's FIOS. His new link is up and his speed is |
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very nice. (20Mb/S downlaod, 5Mb/S upload using Speakeasy.net to |
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test.) The issue he is running into is that Roadrunner's SMTP server |
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is not allowing him to send email, presumably because he's not on one |
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of their IP address. |
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Anyway, he's thinking I need to convert him over to a Verizon email |
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address but I was thinking that if he could continue using Evolution |
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but send and receive through GMail it would be a better long term |
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solution. |
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Is this a good idea and more importantly is this possible? What |
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sort of issues will I have managing this for him. |
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Thanks, |
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Mark |
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