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 -- Shaun Oliver "Becareful of the toes u step on today, they maybe connected to the ass you have to kiss tomorrow!" EMAIL: shaun_oliver at optusnet.com.au ICQ: 76958435 YAHOO: blindman01_2000 MSN: blindman_2001 at hotmail.com AIM: captain nemo 200 IRC: irc.awesomechat.net:6666 IRCNICK: blindman CHANNELS: #awesomeradio #mircpopup-magic #linux #help #ourworld #audiofile #mauisun