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   Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2007 12:40:15 +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 , Moog    
   writes   
   >Bernard Peek illuminated the devils arse on Wed, 07 Mar 2007 15:13:44   
   >+0000, by typing:   
   >   
   >> Thanks. It's a good idea but I'm a bit doubtful about it. The problem   
   >> (as you know) is that TP consist of two different parts. "Turnpike   
   >> Connect" is the part that connects to news/mail servers, downloads the   
   >> messages, and files them in the central database. I'm pretty sure that   
   >> this will run under Wine without any great difficulties.   
   >   
   >Yup. I'd agree with that.   
   >   
   >> The other part is "Turnpike Explorer" which is a Windows Explorer shell   
   >> extension. Essentially it's a plug-in for Windows Explorer. It uses   
   >> Explorer to handle displaying the data. Getting that running under Wine   
   >> is not going to be a trivial exercise, even if the Wine team were   
   >> interested in tackling it. I don't think that TP is worth the   
   >> considerable effort required, but if they have already done it for   
   >> another purpose TP might be able to piggyback on that effort.   
   >   
   >There are a few guys who have managed internet explorer under wine (check   
   >out "ies4linux"). My memory may be playing up here, but isn't internet   
   >explorer a plug in for windows explorer?   
      
   I'm pretty sure they are different programs. Definitely different    
   executables.   
      
      
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