Yahoo developments

[pengolodh_sc]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter, "Tabouli" wrote:
> Christian:
> > The possibility of downloading to the computer is what
> > Yahoo!Mail is now going to take money for.
> 
> (Tabouli smiles timidly at Christian and other wise people
> and raises a computer-illiterate hand)

Oh, I don't really consider myself computerliterate, but I know how 
to speak and write English wtih a rather thick techie-accent.

> Um, er, can someone please explain just what this new Yahoo!
> development means?  I mean, I have a dial in connection. 
> However, I also have my own ISP, which I pay for, and use
> as my primary account for receiving and reading HPFGU
> messages (and hence do not need to use webview).  I also
> have two Yahoo accounts, with lots of messages stored in
> them, but which I now rarely use except when I'm out of town
> and can't access my home account.  During these times, I use
> one of my Yahoo accounts to access my home computer
> (something about external POP servers) and get it to
> download messages waiting on the server into my Yahoo
> account, to be read online (and yes, this is expensive for
> someone with dial-in access).
> 
> Am I going to be affected by this, or is this new
> development a facility I don't use?
> 
> Tabouli.

I believe you may keep on sleeping soundly and not fret in your sleep 
over this new development.  As far as i could see, the new 
development means you have to pay to be able to read the mail you 
receive on your Yahoo!Mail-account somewhere else.  You may take note 
that it is still possible for you to set up your Yahoo!Mail-accounts 
so that you can download the messages stored there to your 
homecomputer, until April 24th - this can be done with the same 
programme you use to get the mail from the ISP-account.  It is easier 
than forwarding all the messages manually.

Best regards
Christian Stubø
Temporary nightowl who is very miffed because the computer crashed 
and sent a message it took two hours to write straight onto the 
eternal clipboards.