Thank you very much Alan, this fills the bill nicely. I printed site and
showed them to grandmother, who likes the idea and is willing to try it. Is
just what docter ordered (did I get that phrase right? 20 years in US and
STILL I sometimes don't get my English straight!)
Too bad no international access. I have family back in Israel who would like a
thing like this.
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PEL
On 7 Nov, Alan S. Harrell wrote:
> This is a followup to a query posted a few days ago...
<I cutted here>
> I just now became aware of this site featuring a product called
> "Mailbug."
>
> http://www.landel.com/
>
> <quote>
>
> With MailBug, anyone with a telephone line can get email without the
> hassle or expense of a computer. MailBug makes checking email as
> convenient as checking an answering machine. It?s easy to use and
> affordable.
>
> <endquote>
>
> It will cost you $149. Not cheap, but a lot better than the cost of a
> computer. It looks pretty cool, to me:
>
> http://www.landel.com/pages/products.html
>
> This Mailbug also offers, for an additional fee, the e-mail account
> service. The downside is that you can only connect directly to a
> Landel account. Grandma would have to have local access or her long
> distance bill will be very costly. However, on the plus side, "if your
> ISP has a POP3 server that is reachable from the Internet, you may use
> the MailBug to retrieve email from this server."
>
> Alan
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
