Re: Sick of Demon...advice wanted on ISP's

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From: Nigel Reed
Date: Sun, 28 Jan 1996 00:00

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lucian@w-title.demon.co.uk (Herodotus) wrote:

>On Tue, 23 Jan 1996 22:00:22 GMT, nigel@nelgin.dircon.co.uk (Nigel Reed)
>wrote:

>>nigel@openvms.demon.co.uk (Nigel Barker) wrote:

>>>Also I always thought that you needed static addresses to do SMTP.
>>
>>That is correct - as I've said elsewhere in this and other threads -
>>you can have EITHER dynamic ip/POP3 or static ip/SMTP with Dircon - it
>>makes no difference either way. I even started with a POP3 account and
>>they changed it to an SMTP account - that's flexability for you!
>>
>>Regards
>>nigel
>>
>But what about POP3/static IP. A certain Internet Discovery Ltd has sent me
>information about themselves, and they offer this. It means that you get
>the advantages of POP3 mail whilst being able to have multiple users and
>being run server software when u are connected. The latter is a small
>point, but quite helpful and gives a lot of flexibility.

After a discussion with Dircon - it turns out that all people who have
a static IP address (and SMTP) ALSO have the POP3 account.

Regards
Nigel

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From: nigel@nelgin.dircon.co.uk (Nigel Reed)
Subject: Re: Sick of Demon...advice wanted on ISP's
Date: 1996/01/28
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