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 -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of ibmmain Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2012 2:41 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: OT - disappearing responses > 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN This message and any attachments are intended only for the use of the addressee and may contain information that is privileged and confidential. If the reader of the message is not the intended recipient or an authorized representative of the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by e-mail and delete the message and any attachments from your system. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
