--- From: "Jay Crews" <jpc jaycrews com>
Doesn't your ISP provide you with free POP mail?
they do but i can't avail of it and that's another story
How do you connect your Linux box to the world?
i don't think you can ran OE in Linux. i'm still with ms/win and in the process of performing my first Linux installation. this is where i really need help which is why i joined this list in the first place.
You have a full up mail client with Mozilla Mail which runs very, very happily on Linux (I'm using it right now). With Linux, there are a host of free mail programs...most even come with RH Linux:
kmail (from the KDE desktop) Evolution fetchmail with PINE or ELM or mail Mozilla's "Thunderbird" mail client Opera
These are all free and come on RH's CDs (well not Thunderbird, but you can download it).
Which they prpbably will "close shop" on you or start charging after a while. Makes sense though. What's their incentive? I mean, if you go to their website to read your mail, they can blast you with lots of ads. Just collecting your mail for you and handing it out via POP is all effort on their part and they get no return on it.
You may just have to break down and spend a few bucks. But not much.
First, register a domain. I use DirectNIC.com and it's $15.00 a year. They you can set the forward to whatever place you want your mail to go without having to tell all you pals your new email address everytime you want to want to test a new POP server.
If you are still unhappy with the free stuff you find (or "not find"), break down and pay $10-15/year for POP.
why pay for something when you can get it for free? you'll just need to be a little more resourceful unless there is no other choice. i do click a few of the ads from time to time but only those that really interests me.
Of course you could always keep your machine up 24X7 and run your own mailserver.
i'll do that when i've reached that stage.
You'll need a fixed IP or DHCP with DDNS for that to work. Most ISPs won't give that to you unless you get a "business" account. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- - Rick Stevens, Senior Systems Engineer rstevens vitalstream com - - VitalStream, Inc. http://www.vitalstream.com - - - - Millihelen, adj: The amount of beauty required to launch one ship. - ----------------------------------------------------------------------