I don't think that's very old school...I'm writing this from a local program (the Apple Mail.app on OSX). Local still has its strengths!
I did, however, stop using my ISP email address. That way when I change ISPs I don't have to worry about changing my email address as well. Even though I have a gmail address, I rarely login to the Gmail web interface. Scott On Jul 12, 2010, at 2:48 PM, DSinc wrote: > OK. I've followed this LIST for years. > I am still confused about EMAIL. > I know who my current ISP is. I know that they pass EMAIL off to; Yahoo.com. > I know that Yahoo.com has their 'own' restrictions. > ISP: Bellsouth.net > Upstream: ATT.net (???) > Mail provider: Yahoo.com > > I only do EMAIL via [what I believe is] a local EMAIL client, Thunderbird. I > think this is now "Eudora" of my past. "Eudora" does NOT work locally any > longer anyway. > > I do not like to do EMAIL via WEB PORTAL's. This LIST has convinced me of a > variety of security-related reasons to believe what I now believe. > > Am I still very "Old-School?" > Best, > Duncan
