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From: Dale <dalek1967@×××××××××.net>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] [Way OT] dial-up, switching isp's and other thoughts.
Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2008 11:12:46
Message-Id: 48CA4EA8.3000600@bellsouth.net
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] [Way OT] dial-up, switching isp's and other thoughts. by Robert Bridge
1 Robert Bridge wrote:
2 > On Fri, 12 Sep 2008 08:42:09 +0200
3 > Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com> wrote:
4 >
5 >
6 >> On Friday 12 September 2008 02:51:21 Dale wrote:
7 >>
8 >>> Get a Yahoo email account and pay for POP access, about $20.00 a
9 >>> year I think. I think this will make it so that I never have to
10 >>> change email addresses when I switch ISPs and will get the same
11 >>> service regardless of who I connect to the internet with in the
12 >>> future. This is a long term fix to my email switching issue.
13 >>>
14 >> Use Gmail rather. It's cheaper - can't get cheaper than free - and
15 >> just works better. Plus their anti-spam measures are very very good.
16 >> I get about 1000 spams a month and average about 2 or 3 false
17 >> positives and false negatives a month.
18 >>
19 >
20 > I second the Gmail suggestion, though Yahoo does provide free POP
21 > access as it happens (I have it).
22 >
23 > My logic for seconding the suggestion is I have recently experienced
24 > e-mails from my server going missing after entering the Yahoo system.
25 > They are the ONLY email provider where this has happened to me.
26 >
27 > Just my 2 cents,
28 > Rob.
29 >
30
31
32 Oh this is so cool. I'm switching EVERYTHING over to gmail. If Google
33 blows up, I'm soooo screwed. LOL
34
35 If I can get me a good ISP now, I'm going to be as happy as I can be and
36 still not have broadband.
37
38 Dale
39
40 :-) :-)