Beginner question: using a Linux machine on a WinXP home network

[Paul Moore]

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

 

[Len West]

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