Amol, There are some good floppy distros available. Trinux (3 floppies), Coyote Linux, Tomsrtbt, Keeper Linux etc. Most of them have been customized for specific functions, but you may be able to get a Mail Server running. Also check out linux from scratch. You can make your custom distro, with just the things you need. They claim to have made one in under 8MB which runs a web server.
regards Parag Amol Gokhale wrote:
Your answer could be Debian. With a minimal install 100MB should be more than sufficient. Exim, which is the default mail server is also very easy to configure. Infact, on installation you are asked a few easy questions and lo behold it works!
Thanks guys I'll throw one more spanner in the works, I can't attach a cd drive to the laptop. So I was looking for a single floppy distro or something.
Amol