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>>>> info aero
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    Doug DeJulio

Doug DeJuio's  Aero is doing duty as the list server for this list:

Christian Perrier wrote:
> 
> Am I misunderstanding or do you really said that the aero mailing list
> listserver is run on your aero?

Exactly correct.  This has been true for quite a while now (a few years).

> If so, I'd interested in details about your setup...

It's running Debian Linux, and using a LinkSys PCMCIA ethernet card to
connect to a T1.  It's got 12M of RAM and about 500M of disk, and it
just sits in a corner all day providing services.  It provides:
* mailing list server for this list
* web server (http://www.aisb.org/)
* IMAP/POP and SMTP servers for my friends and family
* user accounts with shell access for my friends and family
* anonymous FTP (some Aero-related stuff) at ftp.aisb.org

Running Linux, the Aero is fully up to the task of providing all those
services, even with just 12M/500M (though sorting and updating a mail
folder with >1500 messages in Pine can be pretty slow).

A little while back I basically destroyed my battery (it only holds a
charge for about 10 minutes now), so it's on AC power.  Also, someone
bumped into it in the machine room, and the battery door cover broke,
and it has since gone missing.  Also, someone bumped into the ethernet
card, and the transciever is now basically only attached with bubble gum
and string.

Doug DeJulio