Date: Wed, 8 Oct 1997 19:00:36 +0930 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Dean Gaudet <dgaudet-list-freebsd-mobile@arctic.org> Cc: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>, John Polstra <jdp@polstra.com>, freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Seamless nomadic e-mail access Message-ID: <19971008190036.51387@lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.95dg3.971008015855.29691G-100000@twinlark.arctic.org>; from Dean Gaudet on Wed, Oct 08, 1997 at 02:03:34AM -0700 References: <199710080744.RAA01435@word.smith.net.au> <Pine.LNX.3.95dg3.971008015855.29691G-100000@twinlark.arctic.org>
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On Wed, Oct 08, 1997 at 02:03:34AM -0700, Dean Gaudet wrote: > > > On Wed, 8 Oct 1997, Mike Smith wrote: > >>> I can still read mail on my server or on my laptop. On the server I can >>> use whatever client suits me. i.e. telnet and pine. >> >> Sure, but this is not "more" accessible, this is less. > > Uh I can get to it from wherever I can get on the net, even if I don't > have my laptop handy. I can't do offline stuff. But you have to keep > your laptop handy to do any mail. I suppose this is very much a lifestyle question. IMO, the idea of a laptop is to have something to take around with you in order to connect to the net. I don't really see why I would ever need to access the net a different way. Of course, if you've left your laptop at home, you can have it connected to the net, so that's not a problem either: you just telnet in to your laptop. In practice, I find that the best solution for me is to have my mail go to my main system at home, and when I need it on my laptop, I download it. It's worked pretty well for over a year now. Greg
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