Les Mikesell wrote: > Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: >> >> What, every machine has to accept incoming mail connections for >> E-mail to work? You need to come into the real world, where most >> people get their e-mail from a POP or IMAP server. > > How do you think it got there? > Well, it didn't get there by my laptop accepting incoming mail connections, thats for sure. Depending on the e-mail address, it was because an ISP's mail server accepted and stored it, because my web hosting company accepted and stored it, or because a free e-mail service accepted and stored it. None of witch required that any of my machines accept incoming mail connections. Instead, my mail client initiated a connection to their server, and retrieved my mail. If you look into it, you will discover that this is how most people get their e-mail - they connect to a server run by someone else. Mikkel -- Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for thou art crunchy and taste good with Ketchup!
