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> Thank you for your suggestions Randy, and forgive my ignorance when I > ask what a "real" mail account is? I was being half sarcastic. First, some background on mail. Internet E-Mail uses two protocols, one to send mail and one to receive mail. Sending mail uses the Simple Mail Transport Protocol (SMTP) which is an unsecure (no logins or passwords involved) protocol which mail servers typically put very few restrictions on. (As an aside: Since SMTP is unsecure, it's really easy (especially with school Win9x machines which are typically insecure to begin with due to Windows' lack of a sane security design) for *anyone* to send fake E-Mail.) Receiving mail is typically done with the POP3 or IMAP protocols. These have login procedures and passwords, but the passwords are usually transmitted in a plain text format (thus the passwords are vulnerable to a technique called "sniffing"). ISPs typically restrict mailbox sizes. This impacts your stored mail, the mail which you'll be receiving with a POP3 or IMAP protocol. These restrictions are usually measured in disk space, with a 10MB limit being typical. So, if someone sends you a file with an 11MB file attachment, it'll usually be "bounced" by your ISP because it exceeds your disk space quota. It's quite unusual for an ISP to put limits on mail which is outgoing with SMTP. It's common (recommended!) for an ISP to prevent "relaying" (in an attempt to fight spam) but usually once you sign on any mail you send is simply transferred to where ever it's supposed to be going. This is what I mean by getting a real mail account. Your limit was put on by whatever free mail service you were using (I forgot which one) but even among free mail services, I haven't heard of them putting limits on outgoing mail. I'd suggest getting an ISP with sane mail policies (no limit on outgoing messages, at least a 10MB mailbox for incoming mail and/or looking around for another free mail service (they're a dime a dozen). -- "If the current stylistic distinctions between open-source and commercial software persist, an open-software revolution could lead to yet another divide between haves and have-nots: those with the skills and connections to make use of free software, and those who must pay high prices for increasingly dated commercial offerings." -- Scientific American EDTECH has changed addresses. The new list address is EDTECH@H-NET.MSU.EDU. All subscription commands should be sent to LISTSERV@H-NET.MSU.EDU.
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