I had DSL from SBC (part of ATT) a couple of years ago in Chicago, and
IIRC, they had some kind of email arrangement with Yahoo as well.
Didn't particularly affect me--I switched from using ISP email to
almost solely using my gmail or my work address now. I was moving ISPs
and locations too often for several years to get attached to one
address, and I like gmail.
With regards to the security -- POP is for downloading the messages,
and SMTP is for the sending. (maybe you're thinking of IMAP where the
messages and folders live and stay on the server, while being
downloaded locally?) All can use SSL, and pretty much every email
client around should support that now. I will note that sending mail
through one SMTP server at work, I've had trouble occasionally using
SSL, and so now generally leave it turned off there. That's only one
server though...
Scott
On Feb 26, 2009, at 3:36 PM, DHSinclair wrote:
I use xdsl from AT&T via BellSouth.net. I rcvd a notice that AT&T
wants to MOVE me to their NEW EMail/Webpage/Whatever service. OK.
I just finished re-identifying myself via their NEW login
frontend............ Anyway, it seems that AT&T is moving all of
its' EMail business to Yahoo.com.
Personally, I suspect they need the bandwidth for their new TV
service; but I could be so wrong!
The two new email ip's I now have for POP and SMTP are Yahoo and
located in Sunnyvale, CA. Kinda fer away for a pooboy in GA!
Funnier still is that NeoTrace tells me my route will be:
Chattanooga-New Orleans-Nashville-Cleveland-Philidelphia-?Virginia-
Sunnyvale..... (I suppose the ?Virginia node is the NSA for now!)
I will deal with local futz about Eudora/TBird to use this new
service. I use POP ATM, but, may try SMTP for the added SSL
security (if there is any?). Both Eudora and TBird seem to do
SMTP.......... I think?
Right now I am looking for opinions of others that use Yahoo for
EMail............ Before I start this conversion. I do so know it
will not be clean and tidy! LOL!
Thank you very much,
Duncan
