Thanks Alan.
Firstly, my name is Sandy and not Donna but I've been called worse :-)
Secondly, I didn't say I know html because I don't - what I said was that I
can and do read html (mail) :-)
Take care and thanks for the tips :-) Sandy.
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----- Original Message -----
From: Alan S. Harrell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2001 10:54 AM
Subject: Re: [pop3] Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2001 23:56:57 +1000
> On 26 Mar 2001, at 13:56, schergs wrote:
>
> > Can anybody help me out with the name of someone who supplies a pop3
> > mail account where there is no problem in receiving mail?
>
> I think we can say without hesitation that in the entire history of
> the Internet, there has never been a POP3 account anywhere that was
> problem free for it's lifetime.
>
> > I have tried two in the past week and, even though I have
> > subscription acceptances for all my subscriptions, a whole lot of
> > my mail isn't coming through.
>
> Try the Novell systems' free remote pop3 accounts:
>
> http://www.myrealbox.com/
>
> http://www.digitalme.com/
>
> Signup for an account for each of those. Sub a few lists to each and
> then see how it goes.
>
> > I can and do read html and web pages from those two mailboxes so it
> > can't be that and I am not even close to using the limits set by these
> > accounts but I am just fed up of not getting all my mail. Can anyone
> > assist, please?
>
> Yes. You must realize that free accounts are never going to be that
> dependable. Never. Even the best ones go bad after a period of
> time. That is why the members of this list collect so many. You
> cannot depend on using just one.
>
> If you want the closest thing to dependability, you pay for it.
>
> You say you know HTML? Good. Then you know that HTML belongs on the
> web and not in e-mail. I would suggest you contract for domain web
> hosting services that offer you email accounts such as pop3 and
> forwarding accounts as extras. Those are generally the the most
> dependable type of email accounts. Then your email will have YOUR
> chosen name as the domain and you can use your HTML skills to design
> a great web site under your own domain.
>
> I have many, many pop3 accounts, Donna, including two from ISPs with
> which I contract. The best, most dependable of them all in the past
> year has been my pop3 servers at ashlists.org . My pop3 accounts
> come as part of my web hosting package.
>
>
> Alan
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
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