Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 19:00:03 03/18/01
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On March 18, 2001 at 10:59:08, Aaron Tay wrote: >On March 18, 2001 at 10:36:23, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >>On March 18, 2001 at 09:24:05, Aaron Tay wrote: > >>>I know of dozens of free email providers at least that were not blocked. >>> >>>A silly policy that I'm strongly against in FICS and probably in CCC, since it >>>doesn't work anyway, as people determined to post under duplicate accounts >>>can easily find a way around it. You might block other casual users, you will >>>be surprised how many internet providers don't offer regular you email. My ISP >>>provider that provides cable access is an example. >>> >>>Aaron >> >>If you have a cable modem, you have an IP address. You don't _need_ to have >>your ISP offer you an email account, you can do it _yourself_. > >How? By setting up a mail server? Sounds too difficult for me. "sendmail" is freeware and uses SMTP to talk to the world. It isn't hard to set up at all. If you set up a linux box, you get a mail system as part of the deal, ready to run...
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