Sorry if this has already been answered, or if this isn't the right
newsgroup to fire this question into.

I have a home network with three WinXP machines. I'm always plagued with
needing to have multiple copies of files on various machines, reading the
same email several times on various machines, or using other machines to
make backups.

I also have an old MMX PC that I was thinking of installing Linux onto, and
using it as a file server. Can I and other members of my household point our
"My Documents" on each PC to a single location for each of us on a Linux
partition, so avoiding the need to make multiple copies of our personal "My
Documents" files.

Someone at work told me that it's possible to use the Linux machine as an
email server, and then use Outlook to simply read the same email from any
WinXP machine. Is this possible?

Many thanks,
Paul

If you want to access Outlook from more than one computer, you will need MS
Exchange.


"Paul Moore" <no-spam-(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:9Imeb.50175$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Sorry if this has already been answered, or if this isn't the right
> newsgroup to fire this question into.
>
> I have a home network with three WinXP machines. I'm always plagued with
> needing to have multiple copies of files on various machines, reading the
> same email several times on various machines, or using other machines to
> make backups.
>
> I also have an old MMX PC that I was thinking of installing Linux onto,
and
> using it as a file server. Can I and other members of my household point
our
> "My Documents" on each PC to a single location for each of us on a Linux
> partition, so avoiding the need to make multiple copies of our personal
"My
> Documents" files.
>
> Someone at work told me that it's possible to use the Linux machine as an
> email server, and then use Outlook to simply read the same email from any
> WinXP machine. Is this possible?
>
> Many thanks,
> Paul
>
>