> Why all this web mail stuff? Doesn't anybody actually use their ISP's mail > servers with an actual mail client sending and receiving the mail on their PC > anymore?
I do. Unfortunately only at home, email clients cannot go through the firewall at work. Although I don't use the ISP's mail server, I use the normal POP3/SMTP protocol associated with an email id. Admittedly, it has become very hard to even find their setup instructions these days. They are well hidden, as the provider of a free email address wants you to use their web interface so you get bombarded with their ads so they make money. I also don't store my email somewhere in the cloud, i.e. don't use web space from the free email address indefinitely. But then, I am a dinosaur. Barbara Nitz ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
