Hi
On Thursday 16 February 2017 at 11:16:22 AM, in
<mid:1881024219.20170216121...@ags.lu>, Adrian Godfrey wrote:-
> Thursday, February 16, 2017, 2:31:50 AM, you wrote:
>> the
>> organisation gave me the log-in credentials:
> I get this with some wifi accesses. You have to
> start a web browser
> first and do that login. Afterwards your email
> client should work
> normally.
With public wifi access points they sometimes call this a "captured
portal". Thecloud.net is a common example encountered in UK pubs and
cafes and some railway stations. I've not personally encountered this
for email access, the closest I have seen is requiring that you check
for incoming mail before being allowed to send ("POP before SMTP").
> Some providers try to make you use the webmail.
> But if you can find
> the right person, they can give you a normal POP
> access so that you can
> use an email client for that email address rather
> than web browsers.
And just maybe you can find the POP/SMTP/IMAP servers with a bit of
googling (or searching user forums), unless they are actually not
enabled.
> Webmail is a pain as you have to cc yourself /
> forward / redirect to
> a normal email address for every message, otherwise
> you have no record.
Isn't the point of webmail-only services that all records are on their
servers, so that they can serve advertising when you want to read
messages (or sell information to the highest bidder)?
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