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Posted by Marshall Price on December 27, 2007, 8:35 am
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> Chilly8 wrote, On 26/12/07 22:55:
>>> On Wed, 26 Dec 2007, in the Usenet newsgroup comp.security.firewalls, in
>>>
>>>>> Another possibility is to use a News Provider that doesn't have their
>>>>> head up and locked and actually has a real live person (or more) who
>>>>> monitors what's going on and filters the obvious crap before your
>>>>> news reader (or news downloading tool) even has a chance to see it.
>>>> You're correct that Windows Live Mail has poor filtering capability,
>>>> but it's good for Hotmail which is my main reason for using it. I some
>>>> other NG readers though, such as Gravity.
>>> Never saw a reason/need for Hotmail. Any mail from a hotmail account is
>>> assumed to be spam as no one would be using it for business, and at work
>> If they are on the road they might. Someone would almost certainly use
>> a Hotmail account, if they are away on a business trip to get thier Email.
>> One would just simply set the forwarding on their work Email account to
>> forward everything to their hotmail account, then they can pick up their
>> Email while they are on the road.
>
> No, in a sensible company they will be provided with some method of
> accessing their company email account if they are expected to read it.
> For example by being provided with company WebMail access or a
> Blackberry. There are many other solutions that do not rely on relaying
> email to an external email account.
>
>> I travel a lot running my online radio station, and I use hotmail, when I am
>> on the road, to get my Email. When you are travelling, it is the most
>> convenient way to keep in touch.
>
> Personally I would find it the *least* convenient method. However my
> company provides webmail for when I can't use my company notebook and
> other methods for when I can. The same with my personal email.
It sounds to me as if we're mixing up outgoing and incoming mail. I get
most of my incoming e-mail via Yahoo (using YPOPs!, which emulates POP3
on a localhost port), or through a free Fastmail account (using IMAP),
but all my outgoing mail (and news posting, I believe) goes through the
SMTP service provided by my ISP.
I haven't thought about what other SMTP servers I might use away from
home, but fortunately, my ISP has plenty of access numbers all over the
place. I believe YPOPs! is capable of emulating SMTP through Yahoo!'s
webmail interface, but I haven't tried it.
--
Marshall Price of Miami
Known to Yahoo as d021317c
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