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- From: jshaffer@mail.csrlink.net (Jim Shaffer, Jr.)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.networking,demon.ip.support
- Subject: Re: Advantages of POP3 over SMTP Mail
- Date: Sun, 14 Apr 96 14:14:53
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- In article <364.6677T1342T1366@kncowans.demon.co.uk> kevin@kncowans.demon.co.uk (K.N.Cowans) writes:
- > What are the advantages and disadvantages of using a POP3 mail feed instead of
- > SMTP.
-
- The advantage is that mail can be addressed to your ISP instead of to your
- own machine. If you have a static address, this doesn't matter. If you
- have a dynamic address, on the other hand, it's *essential*.
-
- > Also, does anybody know how much it costs to set up a POP3 mail account on
- > Demon.
-
- In the U.S., POP3 seems to be a standard feature. But then, everybody has
- switched to PPP and dynamic connections.
-
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