The Value of Free Software

[Derek Broughton]

Don Parris wrote:

> On 7/12/06, Michael V. De Palatis <mvd at gatech.edu> wrote:
>>
>> That's great, but... Why didn't they just use IMAP servers instead of
>> POP servers? That would have been a far easier solution to the
>> problem...
> 
> The problem is that our ISP only offers POP access.  Quite a few do this
> as well.  

LOL.  Then, you have ISPs like mine that don't _offer_ IMAP access - but
port 143 is open and perfectly functional.  They also told me I'd have to
get a business account to use a secure email link - silly, since all I was
complaining about was the fact that the TLS encryption available on their
standard POP/IMAP servers was using a self-signed certificate.  It works
just fine.
-- 
derek