Recent content by torch

I have a self-hosted e-mail server. I know the settings.

Update: I managed to talk him through this over the phone. There were some problems, we had to go into BIOS to force the boot from the USB drive. I still need to get him hooked up with his e-mail account. He couldn't find an e-mail client native to the installation (I thought it came with...

Yes please, I would like a literal phone script.

Brief background: My brother is in a state of mental decline, living in assisted housing on the other coast. His computer was broken, lost or damaged (he remembers it differently each time he tells the tale). He just uses it for basic tasks: mostly e-mail and surfing the web. So I bought him a...