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Ian wrote:
>
> Thanks for your reply. Im coming back to Linux after a years
> absence, so Im hazy. Could I just add the glibc2 to the BL1.8? 

Yes, that could be done.  I tried that a few years ago
(using the glibc runtime package from Slackware 8.1)
and it did work on BL1 (after a bit of tinkering).

> Ill take a look at your BL2 page but the old copy I
> have says it needs a 486DX 

That's right.

> and I need to run on a SX.   What about BL3?

BL3 will run on an SX (but it also uses libc5).

> Mail is the most important thing for me. At the moment
> I use a Dos mail program based on Elm and one reason
> I want to move on to Mutt is that development has
> stopped on the Dos program. Id like to use the latest
> Mutt if possible 

If you want to use the latest Mutt (without compiling yourself), 
you will need a recent library.  Even the glibc-runtime from 
Slackware 8.1 might not be recent enough (but it is probably 
worth a try).  BTW I recommend against trying to install a 
glibc-runtime from Slackware 9 or 10 (it's unlikely to work 
on a BasicLinux foundation).
    
> I notice Mutt uses two packages, openssl and an up to date 
> ncurses and Im wondering whether these will be ok with BL? 

I would expect the ncurses and openssl for Slackware 8.1 to 
work (assuming you install the glibc-runtime from Slackware 8.1).

> Ive recently got fetchmail working with BL1.8
> but need to move on from the links based mail system.

Have you considered pine?  James got pine running on BL2
(he wrote the instructions in the BL2 FAQ).  You could
probably get pine running on BL1 or BL3 (using the package
from Slackware 4.0).

Cheers,
Steven

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