Would I then just call my own number? if I did that could I access the web? that was not my first question but I would guess that would be possible. love, Diana On Tue, 30 Sep 2003, Shaun Oliver wrote: > at the risk of being helpful, Diana Dawne delivered up the following on Mon, Sep 29, 2003 at 09:51:58AM -0700, > > Hi everyone. I have a question about internet access. > > > > I have dsl and I just love it. However, if I am away from home and need > > to check my email what other access modes to the internet might be > > available. Right now I have another dial up account so it wouldn't be a > > problem for me but if someone needs to access sometimes just for email, it > > seems silly to have to keep an isp if you might only use it a few times a > > year. Has some company addressed that problem? > > > > I am probably going to get you into trouble for suggesting this but it's > a thought, > why not set up a dialin server for you on your linux box and have all > yer mail collected for you by said linux box > you could possibly access it with either pop3 or imap whichever you find > easiest to use. > it's just a thought, > hth > > >