Mark,
That is a good point, and, something that did cross my mind before I jumped
in. I was an AT&T customer in SoCal years ago Fired them for General Tel,
which turned into Verizon (my first dsl experience!). I do still think
about this.
Yes, the top level execs and the bean counters are done. Now we wait
for the infrastructure to truly absorb the merger...and make all the necessary
connections...... :)
And, as it two phone companies, I can only slightly imagine what might
be going on in the IM shops of each entity!
Good thing this "dsl" thing is monthly. I did not have to do a yearly contract.
So, if something happens in the near/far future, Hmm, I'll deal with it then.
And maybe why BellSouth dropped the "year minimum" from their really
expensive offers soon after the merger. I have not gotten any
phone calls from Mumbai since the meger. LOL! Guess a new call center is
still in the works!
Best,
Duncan
At 09:58 10/13/2007 -0400, you wrote:
This will all change once everything is switched over to AT&T anyway.
Mark
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Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2007 4:14 PM
To: The Hardware List
Subject: [H] research questions
OK Tim,
Believe the router is a "gateway" router. Maybe not. How would I know?
From my LAN's perspective, I am treating it as my "gateway." All my
clients have
the router's IP addy as their "gateway" on the tcp/ip tab.
In any case, I now have the IP addys I think I need. Some make sense, some
do not.
Q1: I use Eudora. BellSouth seems to be dead to Eudora. A faq lists these
"email clients":
Netscape 4.0, 4.5 to 4.77, 6 or 7
Outlook Express
Outlook 97/98/2K/2K2
Hmm......... But, later on (more faqs) I find a setup procedure for Mozilla
Thunderbird.
So, all you TBird users, please advise. I do like/own Eudora (v5.1.1) and
would like to
continue unless it really is dead. Current plan is to use the Mozy setup
once the channel
goes hot and see what happens.
Q2: Seems the Bellsouth blocks/filters port 25. Believe this is PoPmail
port. Can I switch
Eudora to IMAP and truck on with Bellsouth?
Q3: Bellsouth uses the same server (mail.bellsouth.net) for both inbound
and outbound mail.
Is this normal? I do know that they seem to have extensive spam, junk,
etc, filtering. Perhaps
this is a good thing..... :)
So I check out the "news" server for Bellsouth and find that it is:
(should I choose to do Opera or Agent!)
nxdomain.guide.opendns.com 208.69.32.130
and the server is in San Francisco, CA.
Q4: What's up with this? Are the "news" channels still as polluted as they
were in 1999?
So far, so good. Believe my due diligence is as complete as possible. For
now.
I'm off to check out Mozilla TBird......
Please accept my thanks to all who helped with replies and tips. Much
appreciated.
Now I just have to get hold of JE to change an addy and keep List mail
flowing!
Best,
Duncan
Netscape At 14:59 10/11/2007 -0400, you wrote:
>If you use a gateway router you only need one address. Also, Network will
be
>semi secured :)
>
>But if you decide to go the way your thinking, they give you a list of
>addresses you can use. You can use those addresses anyway you like.
>
>Regards,
>
>Tim "The Beave" Lider
>E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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