On 5 Nov 99, at 8:01, Earl Truss wrote:

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Dave Gillett <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Thursday, November 04, 1999 11:31 PM
> Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] New ADSL phone line
>
>
> > On 3 Nov 99, at 5:07, Jimi Moore wrote:
> >
> > > I would like to ask a couple questions about this if I may.
> > >
> > > 1. When my current ISP offers this service will I be able to keep
> > > my same email address?
> >
> >   Probably, if it is the same ISP.  Even if you switch, as long as
> > you keep an account at the current ISP, you should be able to get
> > your mail at that address even if you use somebody else to get you
> > connected.
>
> This may not be so easy to do.  Don't many ISPs require you to be logged
> into one of their servers before you can use their mail or news servers?
> Is there a way around this problem?  I may be faced with this same
> problem soon.

  I have seen this with news (an expensive service that they don't
want to give away to the world), but never with mail -- it is
relatively common for folks travelling to want to check their mail
from back home, and not all ISPs have POPs everywhere you might go.

David G

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