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Patricia:
≪ I know I don't want AOL or AT&T (a friend has the latter and
apparently one cannot get mail except while on the Web all the time one
is looking at it, ... ≫
Your friend doesn't know what he's talking about, Patricia. AT&T lets you use
any POP mail program, any OS, to retrieve and read mail, disconnect after
retrieving - do whatever you want. The Web interface is entirely optional,
though convenient if your regular mail program isn't at hand. (For example,
I'm using their website now, 3,000 miles from home, to read and write mail on
my dsl server via someone else's AOL account -- and, yes, you definitely do NOT
want AOL!). The only limitation I chafe at is the inability to use a POP
client to retrieve AT&T mail unless one is connected to the Net via AT&T; but
Web mail, and the option to forward AT&T mail to another address, take care of
that. Although my primary ISP is my dsl provider, I hold on to my $10/month
AT&T account for emergency dialup service and for their excellent Web mail
facility. I've been with AT&T for 6+ years, and I have no complaints.
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Carl Distefano
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