On 6/30/06, tms <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, 2006-06-30 at 15:45 +0000, Dave Herholz wrote: > > > > I agree, if we have sufficient invites. But we probably should > > first > > > > come to a consensus of whether or not we even introduce them to > > web- > > > > mail, pop-mail, or both. Again, I'm not the one with the most > > > > experience with the kids. So, while I give my opinion (web-mail: > > > > yes), I'll defer to others. > > > > > > I'm for that. Dave? > > > > I didn't realize Gmail was still doing the invite system. That seems > > to make @bworks.org be the better option, right? I mean, _maybe_ we > > could scrape together the 8 or so accounts needed for this session, > > but I don't think we would want to try do that every session. Unless > > someone is sitting on like 50 invites or something. > > > If we want webmail, we could use a service like this one: > <http://www.mail2web.com/> > It has a secure login, and it works with any POP3 email account, so the > kids could keep their @stlouis.missouri.org address. > > In any case, we need a decision regarding email, preferably by tomorrow, > so we can finish configuring the graduate machines.
I'll toss in my vote for the GMail thing. While they are still on "invite only" mode, everyone I know (including myself) has a nearly unlimited amount of invites (it says 50, but it seems to replenish itself often). GMail has become something of a standard in the e-mail world, has built-in spam filtering, as well as built-in chat. I see no reason not to just sign these kids up with @gmail.com addresses. -- Don Head [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Great things are happening at Yahoo! Groups. See the new email design. http://us.click.yahoo.com/TISQkA/hOaOAA/yQLSAA/zCsqlB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bworks_shop/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
