On Tue, 31 Jul 2001 04:31:24 +0100, John Hinsley <jhinsley at telinco.co.uk>
wrote:

> But no *nix email software will ask you for your password unless, I
> guess -- you can't do this with the 4* series of Netscape -- you're
> trying to grab mail from a server not belonging to the ISP you're hooked
> up to. 

I never use the POP3 account my dial-up (or cable) ISP provides, and
haven't for years. I haven't even configured a password for my cable modem
providers POP3 account...

So for me, having an email client ask me for my POP3 password makes perfect
sense. I use a laptop for everything, and I connect it to the net from a
wide variety of networks and ISPs, but always to the same POP3 account.

Later,
Jon

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