From owner-freebsd-chat Mon Jan 13 5:21:53 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 22F2237B405; Mon, 13 Jan 2003 05:21:52 -0800 (PST) Received: from picard.skynet.be (picard.skynet.be [195.238.3.88]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A123F43F18; Mon, 13 Jan 2003 05:21:50 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from brad.knowles@skynet.be) Received: from [10.0.1.2] (ip-26.shub-internet.org [194.78.144.26] (may be forged)) by picard.skynet.be (8.11.6/8.11.6/Skynet-OUT-2.20) with ESMTP id h0DDLJ901310; Mon, 13 Jan 2003 14:21:21 +0100 (MET) (envelope-from ) Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Sender: bs663385@pop.skynet.be Message-Id: In-Reply-To: <20030113112216.GA28632@shale.csir.co.za> References: <20030113112216.GA28632@shale.csir.co.za> X-Grok: +++ath X-WebTV-Stationery: Standard; BGColor=black; TextColor=black Reply-By: Wed, 1 Jan 1984 12:34:56 +0100 Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2003 14:20:46 +0100 To: Jeremy Lea From: Brad Knowles Subject: Re: Looking for an ISP in Cape Town Cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org At 1:22 PM +0200 2003/01/13, Jeremy Lea wrote: > I'm looking for a FreeBSD friendly ISP in Cape Town, since I'm going to > be moving down there soon... Basically an ISP that doesn't mind fairly > high volumes of mail, uses normal PPP, etc. If I can get shell access > and procmail on their mail server, all the better... My experience is that most providers in Africa are much more Linux-oriented, if they aren't using either Microsoft or something ancient and proprietary like SCO. However, even though they may choose Linux instead of *BSD, they may still be more friendly to your type of usage. Have you looked at the providers at or ? -- Brad Knowles, "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." -Benjamin Franklin, Historical Review of Pennsylvania. GCS/IT d+(-) s:+(++)>: a C++(+++)$ UMBSHI++++$ P+>++ L+ !E-(---) W+++(--) N+ !w--- O- M++ V PS++(+++) PE- Y+(++) PGP>+++ t+(+++) 5++(+++) X++(+++) R+(+++) tv+(+++) b+(++++) DI+(++++) D+(++) G+(++++) e++>++++ h--- r---(+++)* z(+++) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message