> One would want to use www e-mail access for any number of rather obvious reasons -- to have e-mail at all if broadband provider doesn't have mail server to have a backup if ISP mail server goes down to enable more than one account on more than one server to have an additional layer of protection/anonymnity to have access to e-mail send/receive when not on primary computer " " " " " " " when your computer crashes " " " " " " " when anywhere in world ... and last, but not least, by CC'ing yourself at alternate mail server you can archive mail sent on computer other than your own. > Some free e-mail services offer/include POP3 service, also sometimes SMTP. If ISP mail server goes down, mail will be temporarily inaccessible even with a WWW-based service. Not only mail servers but news servers and WWW sites can go down. But it is nice to have at least a second email account, one that can be kept even if moving to another ISP as one may have to do when moving geographically, one that can be accessed when on a computer away from home. But I don't know any good way of getting news when one's provider has no news server. I try to keep lines to width 80. Allowing for somebody else to push my lines to the right when quoting is no longer my responsibility.
