Paul on Tue, 13 May 2003 12:53:16 -0400


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Re: [PLUG] Cavalier DSL 

Eugene Smiley wrote:

Actually, the company uses a ghastly custom application written back in the early 80's that requires the user to connect directly to a mail hub in San Francisco.

That is for business mail. For her personal mail she needs to connect to the 'net to pull her mail from a POP3 server.


Well, at least there /might/ be a higher level of security in grabbing mail directly from the server.

It is possible to get at a POP server from any Internet connection. Better to use IMAP, if available, unless she uses a laptop. IMAP will prevent the mail from being scattered between different computers, and I think IMAP is required for some, if not all, Web-based mail clients.

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