No more dinosaur than I am.  I too use it only at home due to blockage at work, 
normal POP/SMTP protocol downloaded to the home machine, no use of the ISP web 
space for mail.  Not using cloud for backup yet, still do not trust it.

Peter

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> Why all this web mail stuff?  Doesn't anybody actually use their ISP's mail 
> servers with an actual mail client sending and receiving the mail on their PC 
> anymore?

I do. Unfortunately only at home, email clients cannot go through the firewall 
at work. Although I don't use the ISP's mail server, I use the normal POP3/SMTP 
protocol associated with an email id. Admittedly, it has become very hard to 
even find their setup instructions these days. They are well hidden, as the 
provider of a free email address wants you to use their web interface so you 
get bombarded with their ads so they make money.

I also don't store my email somewhere in the cloud, i.e. don't use web space 
from the free email address indefinitely. But then, I am a dinosaur.

Barbara Nitz

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