Will, Thanks for the response. Trouble is, my wife has to use Windows because her genealogy software (Family Treemaker) won't work on Linux. She'll be using a Sony laptop running Windows XP Home Edition.
I have set up the adaptor on her backup computer (Compaq running Win98SE). The "Power" light lites up, and the "Wireless" light blinks. Guess it can't find any wireless around my home <G>. We will be staying at an RV park outside Alexandria. No internet connections there, so dial-up is out of the question. Have used my Nokia telephone with Alltel in the past to connect to my computer and use dial-up, but this no longer works. Oh, well. Guess I'll just keep trying. The pay service I looked into charges about $8.00 per day access which I consider way too high. Have a monthly charge available, but also high for just occasional use. Bill At 05:38 PM 9/5/04, you wrote: ..snip.. >Cox's smtp server sent my mail for me while I was in Chicago about a month >ago. I prefer to use exim, the default Debian MTA, but many ISPs block mail >sent this way now. > >Many hotels have ethernet to each room if not wifi and that has worked very >well for me.
