On 19 Nov 2000, 0:13, A Holm wrote:
> >On 16 Nov 2000, 9:21, A.Holm wrote: snip
>
> >> //mail.lycos.co.uk
>
> ** "(A nice little welcome message is sent after signup with all these
> details.)"!!!
But you can't get that welcome message until you have configured your
popper to download the mail.
Have you not read Joseph Heller's *Catch-22?* :-)
Oh yes...I could of logged into the webmail interface and read the message
there, but "we" fans of pop3 don't do things that way. <g>
I had to break down and hunt up help information at the site. I figured
you already had it all laid out for us. :-)
> Sure did - on the other hand, I did mention that 'all the details' are
> sent along after sign-up, figuring that for you guys, who can do a
> sign-up in Dutch, Lithuanian or Czech, without turning a hair, to dot
> the i's and cross the t's for an English site, would be, as the peculiar
> British phrase goes, "Teaching your grandmother to suck eggs." :>)
Yes, but as I pointed out, you cannot download those instructions until you
have configured your client. When I set up a pop3 account that also offers
webmail, I very rarely log into my webmail account. I just set up the pop3
in my client and then download any welcome letters the host sent me. That
is how I test the new popper in the first place.
And the American saying is, "Nature always sides with the hidden flaw."
Check. Your move, A. :-)
Alan
