Re: Ideas for a Mutt demo
On 13:43 Thu 15 Nov , Gary Johnson wrote:
> On 2007-11-15, Joe Masters <joem@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > I need some ideas as to setting up a demo of Mutt for netphobic users.
> > Let me explain.
> > My problem is that I need to run the demo on a standalone Debian Etch
> > box. No connection to any other machine. My first thoughts were to set
> > up a localhost mailserver and create a few users for testing. Then
> > create messages from each user, filter them through procmail etc.
> >
> > But this seems like a LOT of work (I have enough of that already).
>
> I would install mutt on the demo box, copy my own $MAIL box from my
> workstation to the demo box, and copy my own muttrc file to the demo
> box with the addition of this line:
>
> set sendmail=/bin/true
>
> That will cover reading and sending mail. You can't really
> demonstrate procmail anyway and a verbal explanation of what it can
> do should be enough.
>
Thanks for that. I'll give it a dry run tomorrow.
> I assume that you have _some_ way of transferring data to the demo
> box, even if it is not connected to anything during the demo.
Data transfer is not a problem with the Debian box. I backup daily to a
USB key and transfer to my home box. Basic, I know but our (only)
network is a Pentium 133 server running DOS 5.0 over Novell Netware 3.
Please don't ask what the client specs are.
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Regards, Joe