From owner-freebsd-mobile Mon Oct 6 00:49:22 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id AAA11472 for mobile-outgoing; Mon, 6 Oct 1997 00:49:22 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-mobile) Received: from word.smith.net.au (word.smith.net.au [202.0.75.3]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id AAA11466 for ; Mon, 6 Oct 1997 00:49:15 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mike@word.smith.net.au) Received: from word.smith.net.au (localhost.smith.net.au [127.0.0.1]) by word.smith.net.au (8.8.7/8.8.5) with ESMTP id RAA00729; Mon, 6 Oct 1997 17:16:22 +0930 (CST) Message-Id: <199710060746.RAA00729@word.smith.net.au> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0zeta 7/24/97 To: John Polstra cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Seamless nomadic e-mail access In-reply-to: Your message of "Sun, 05 Oct 1997 13:25:21 MST." <199710052025.NAA28117@austin.polstra.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Mon, 06 Oct 1997 17:16:21 +0930 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > > A couple of people suggested _always_ reading mail on the laptop, > thereby skirting the problem of switching back and forth between > machines. That's an intriguing idea, but I'm still hoping to avoid > the need for it. I don't understand this. It is *the* obvious answer to the problem; all your mail is in one place, and it's always with you. You don't have to worry at all about getting "at" your mail, or any of the agony you describe. > Overall, I'm pretty disappointed at the state of the art for this mode > of operation. I had hoped the world would be further along by now. http://www.hotmail.com. 8) mike