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   Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2007 21:39:48 +0000   
   From: Bernard Peek    
   Newsgroups: alt.os.linux.ubuntu   
   Subject: Re: Wanting to change from XP to Ubuntu and keep using Turnpike   
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   In message , Chris     
   writes   
   >Only one thing is holding me back from moving to Ubuntu - and that is    
   >that I want to keep using my email client, Turnpike.   
   >I've never found anything better in the twelve years I've been using    
   >Turnpike   
   >and it won't run under WINE because it's a Windows namespace shell    
   >extension - i.e. an extension of Windows Explorer.   
   >   
   >Would it be possible to run a fairly stripped down XP in a virtual    
   >machine?   
      
   I'm pretty sure that TP Connect will run under Wine. I recall seeing    
   posts about it in demon.ip.support.turnpike some years ago. I did ask    
   again recently and didn't get confirmation though.   
      
   You can run a Windows OS under VMWare but XP wouldn't be my choice. I    
   believe that TP will run under NT4 workstation or Windows 98, both of    
   which are less resource-hungry than XP.   
      
   You shouldn't have to worry about viruses or spyware. If you store the    
   data and configuration files on a Linux partition then you should be    
   able to return the virtual machine to its starting state without saving    
   anything. Any malware that gets past TP will disappear when you close    
   the session.   
      
   One additional thing that you might like to consider is buying an extra    
   Turnpike seat and enabling Connect's IMAP server. This should give you    
   some of the advantages of Turnpike, like mail-routing and    
   pseudo-newsgroups, while using native Linux clients.   
      
   I have to say that this is all theoretical, I haven't done any of this    
   yet but I plan to at some point. Like you I haven't found any other    
   mail/news clients that could replace Turnpike. Which is one of the    
   reasons why I'm posting to a Linux newsgroup from a Windows machine.   
      
      
      
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   Bernard Peek   
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