Yes. If you want email you connect to an email server,
and if you want to surf the Internet, you must be on a
LAN or connect via to one via your ISP, and you must do the latter
to enjoy the former :-)
And by the way, there's no reason to remain 'connected' to an
email server; you're really just polling to see if there are
any messages sitting, waiting for you.
If you want to be connected 24/7, look into Cablemodems or xDSL.
* David Turetsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [000807 06:55]:
> I commented out the 'login' and 'password' parameters in .fetchmailrc
> and the system halted asking me for each anyway
>
> Oh well, it seemed like a good idea at the time!
>
> But should I really be asked to log in twice? Once to get into the ISP,
> and again when I want to download mail?
>
> David
>
>
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