Hello, Richard and y'all, Yes, why not PDI add this good feature in all Bations making it even more easy for us all? Richard, you read my mind just after I repeated my question yesterday where a few finally answered it! PDI better think hard about adding this good feature.
Thank you. Todd > ----- Original Message ----- >From: richard Van Driel <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: Braillenote List <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Date: Sun, 25 Apr 2004 10:04:41 +1200 >Subject: Re: [Braillenote] Interesting email issue >Sabahattin, >Thanks for the url help, it's now safe on my storage card! >So then, Hotmail is a microsoft product that isn't so hot? >Do you think we can get pdi to make the bn so that it can get email service >from servers that don't use pop 3? >I know before I joined Emsanet, my wife and I both had Juno, and the bn just >wouldn't get email from there because it uses something different. >I hate proprietary stuff for that reason, if you don't jump through their >hoops exactly how they want you to, you can't do basic stuff like connect to >the net, send and receive email, etc. >Give me a nice standardized system that can pretty much connect to anything I >want when and where I want! Right? >Thanks again! >Richard, >Lover of high tech and by the way, your thoughts of the day get a good laugh >from Chaurie and me. >> ----- Original Message ----- >>From: "Sabahattin Gucukoglu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>To: Braillenote List <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>Date: Sat, 24 Apr 2004 04:43:46 +0100 >>Subject: Re: [Braillenote] Interesting email issue >>Hi Todd, >>On 24 Apr 2004 at 3:21, Todd Patkus spoke, thus: >>> I posted a good question hereon this list but no one ever helped me with >>> it. What was it? I asked if Hotmail would work well with the Braillenote >>> just as Earthlink does. I got only one reply from whom? Susie Stageberg >>> from Iowa, but that was all. I >>> asked one of my friends who uses Hotmail, and he said he was not even >>> aware of it! That makes no sense. I need to know if it will work. >>Hotmail will not work with the BrailleNote. It uses a proprietary HTTP >>interface, even for email clients. Microsoft, as a typical demonstration >>of their love for crushing competition and neglecting the golden rules of >>the internet, is tying Hotmail users to programs which support their non- >>standard protocol; namely, Outlook and company. You might try their web >>interface; when you visit hotmail.com you'll get the pocket site, and this >>may well do with KeyWeb. What with all the script and passport cookies >>and what not used, I can't say I hold much hope out. You'll need to ask >>another's opinion on Hotmail's web-based interface. You won't get KeyMail >>to work with it, though - that's certain. >>> The reason I ask this is because it will suit me well when I travel >>> aboard. Earthlink is a national provider but does not suit me if I were >>> in Canada! I hope you would understand what I am trying to say. >>Yes. There are many more email providers for worldwide use than simply >>Hotmail - by far, it is (sadly) the most well known, but it is not the >>only one. The comprehensive reference for information about such services >>is: >>http://www.emailaddresses.com/ >>As a service to folk in need, I am willing to let you have an account on >>my own mail transport (a selection of five domains to pick from); >>mailboxes and/or SMTP authentication provided. Of course, there's no >>advertising - actually, there's a good deal less of it than you might be >>used to, what with my heavy hand their to deal with any spam you might >>receive. You may contact me if you find you cannot get satisfaction in >>other services. >>Cheers, >>Sabahattin
