Re: [A/S] mobile communication and connectivity IS mobile living

[Rick Kunath <k9ao@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> the issue is worthy of our time. 

Thanks for the kind words.

Hunter asked that the discussion be taken off-list, so that's why I made 
the other post. I'll defer to her request unless I hear otherwise.

> besides one can always just delete without reading what ever isn't 
> individually useful.

Some of the folks using cellphone dial-in or slow cellphone digital 
connections to get their email, and still using POP3 mail (slow on 
low-speed connections) or web mail (*really* slow on low-speed 
connections) do actually waste time and bandwidth (not to mention money) 
downloading unwanted mail.

That's why I keep recommending IMAP mail access. As you mentioned, why 
download anything you don't want to see. Better to see a list of 
subjects and download only the messages you want to read, deleting the 
rest and any Spam off the server prior to downloading. It's also better 
for offline access (go on, get the subjects, go offline, mark the ones 
you want to download, delete the rest, go online and sync in one fast 
continuous efficient session.)

It's like feeding your slow connection rocket fuel.

Any modern email client will do IMAP, as will any decent ISP. And it 
looks just like POP3 access does.

I've got to run...

Rick Kunath