In a message dated: Fri, 27 Sep 2002 10:02:15 CDT
Brandon Metcalf said:
>Let's face it. Yahoo and Hotmail target the casual user who really doesn't
>know much about computers. They simply want a easy and free method to send
>and receive email. Anyone who would use such accounts on a day to day basis to
>conduct business such as what is discussed on CCIUG speaks volumes about their
>capabilities. The type of questions and answers that comes from these
>addresses support this as well.
On the whole, I agree with you, but there are many who use these
accounts who are also quite technical. Up until yahoo dis-allowed
free pop3 access to e-mail accounts they hosted, I used a yahoo
account daily as a means to subscribe to mailing lists which were
work related, but which I didn't want getting intermingled with my
actual work e-mail. The account I use now, for instance, is strictly
for work-related e-mail which originates external to my company.
This is a great set-up for people who change jobs frequently like
contractors or consultants who don't want to constantly subscribe/
unsubscribe from lists everytime they change location, and it also
provides the ability to deal with this type of e-mail from anywhere
at anytime. Very often corporate e-mail accounts are *only*
accessible while physically located on the company's network (or
connected via VPN).
If I'm a contractor, I may be working at one location 2 days a week
and another 3 days a week, and yet a third on certain nights/weekends.
If that's the case, why bother sub'ing to cciug or whatever at 3 or
more locations. Sub once, get it anywhere.
Of course, I doubt most hotmail users would ever think of this
rational ;)
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Seeya,
Paul
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but I'm really actively waiting for all my problems to go away.
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