Linux inherited many things from UNIX, but one of the most important is the idea that while small programs perform modest functions individually, together they combine to make one powerful system. You ...

I talk about mutt a lot in this column, if you hadn't noticed. For me, in this day and age of large graphical mail programs and Web-based mail applications, you still can't beat the speed, power and ...

E-mail is old and complex. It’s the oldest still-recognizable component of the Internet, with its modern incarnation having coalesced out of several different decades-old messaging technologies ...

It's easy to build redundant systems when time and money are limitless. When you have neither, or you are designing a personal system, often backups and redundancy are parts of the project you plan to ...