POSTED BY
on 12:42 pm
under
Hi all
For those of you who are new to the list - welcome!
If you ever have a question or useful tip or program to share please send me the details and I will forward it on to everyone
I also post all the entries into my blog
You can read the past articles and questions on the web at www.mcd311.biz
Contact details for the group are below
We have a question today from Avril who is lucky enough to be going on holidays
-----
Matt, I wonder if you could explain something to me please:
Our ISP is Powerband (Andrew MacLennan), but my husband has retained our original address with Shoalhaven.net.au at a cost of $2 per month. Does this mean incoming mail sits with Powerband or with Shoalhaven? The reason for this query is our upcoming holiday. I gather we can access the internet, at a great cost, but we really feel we have no need or desire to. My husband gets a number of newsletters which will certainly mount up, and that he will only need to access when we get back. I have contacted Andrew who has advised me that there is no limit on the mail held in our post-box, but Shoalhaven say there is a limit of 80MB. On our invoices from Shoalhaven they record zero downloads and this makes me think that the mail actually comes through Powerband even though the address is Shoalhaven.
Can you clarify this for me, please.
Cheers, Avril
-----
OK - When you pay for internet access through an Internet Service Provider (ISP) you typically get at least 1 email address with an accompanying inbox
Avril has changed ISP's but obviously was still receiving email at the address provided by her old ISP
Rather than trying to get everyone to email her at her new address she is effectively running 2 addresses
Avril you will be checking (or should be) both your Powerband & Shoalhaven inboxes
Because Shoalhaven limit the size of your inbox (and the limit is small!) it is possible that the inbox would become full when you are away.
One option to solve this is to check your email when on holidays
If you are like me you just can't survive without connecting the net for long! :)
But it might spoil your holiday
My first suggestion would be to contact Shoalhaven and ask if all email can be forwarded to another address and give them your Powerband address
Then all email wont sit at Shoalhaven but will forward straight away to Powerband
As Powerband has no effective size limits on the email inbox all your mail should be waiting for you in the Powerband box when you return
I would leave this in place for good so that in future you need only ever check your Powerband inbox to retrieve the mail from both accounts
With regards to email I highly recommend everyone buy their own domain name
I have actually written about this before
The link below opens my blog with my previous spiel
http://mcd311.blogspot.com/2004/10/more-posts.html
If you own your own domain and therefore control your email addresses it doesnt matter who you use to connect to the net
As an example, this would save Avril the hassle and expense of keeping that old email address alive just in case
And if you are running a business it looks very professional to have your own address with your name in it
If anyone would like more information on buying their own domain then let me know
Maybe I could do a presentation at Mulligrubs one night
Cheers
Contact Information
This email is brought to you on behalf of the Mulligrubs - Milton Ulladulla Internet & Computers Users Group
http://mulligrubs.shoalhaven.info/
The Mulligrubs meet on the last Thursday of each month at the Ulladulla CTC - Top of the Town Complex, Ulladulla NSW 2539
Send comments, suggestions, or questions about this newsletter to mulligroup@miltonulladulla.com
You can subscribe or unsubscribe from this discussion group at any time.
Simply send a request to mulligroup@miltonulladulla.com
All names and addresses will be kept confidential and will never be sold or used for any other purpose than forwarding of this newsletter
For those of you who are new to the list - welcome!
If you ever have a question or useful tip or program to share please send me the details and I will forward it on to everyone
I also post all the entries into my blog
You can read the past articles and questions on the web at www.mcd311.biz
Contact details for the group are below
We have a question today from Avril who is lucky enough to be going on holidays
-----
Matt, I wonder if you could explain something to me please:
Our ISP is Powerband (Andrew MacLennan), but my husband has retained our original address with Shoalhaven.net.au at a cost of $2 per month. Does this mean incoming mail sits with Powerband or with Shoalhaven? The reason for this query is our upcoming holiday. I gather we can access the internet, at a great cost, but we really feel we have no need or desire to. My husband gets a number of newsletters which will certainly mount up, and that he will only need to access when we get back. I have contacted Andrew who has advised me that there is no limit on the mail held in our post-box, but Shoalhaven say there is a limit of 80MB. On our invoices from Shoalhaven they record zero downloads and this makes me think that the mail actually comes through Powerband even though the address is Shoalhaven.
Can you clarify this for me, please.
Cheers, Avril
-----
OK - When you pay for internet access through an Internet Service Provider (ISP) you typically get at least 1 email address with an accompanying inbox
Avril has changed ISP's but obviously was still receiving email at the address provided by her old ISP
Rather than trying to get everyone to email her at her new address she is effectively running 2 addresses
Avril you will be checking (or should be) both your Powerband & Shoalhaven inboxes
Because Shoalhaven limit the size of your inbox (and the limit is small!) it is possible that the inbox would become full when you are away.
One option to solve this is to check your email when on holidays
If you are like me you just can't survive without connecting the net for long! :)
But it might spoil your holiday
My first suggestion would be to contact Shoalhaven and ask if all email can be forwarded to another address and give them your Powerband address
Then all email wont sit at Shoalhaven but will forward straight away to Powerband
As Powerband has no effective size limits on the email inbox all your mail should be waiting for you in the Powerband box when you return
I would leave this in place for good so that in future you need only ever check your Powerband inbox to retrieve the mail from both accounts
With regards to email I highly recommend everyone buy their own domain name
I have actually written about this before
The link below opens my blog with my previous spiel
http://mcd311.blogspot.com/2004/10/more-posts.html
If you own your own domain and therefore control your email addresses it doesnt matter who you use to connect to the net
As an example, this would save Avril the hassle and expense of keeping that old email address alive just in case
And if you are running a business it looks very professional to have your own address with your name in it
If anyone would like more information on buying their own domain then let me know
Maybe I could do a presentation at Mulligrubs one night
Cheers
Contact Information
This email is brought to you on behalf of the Mulligrubs - Milton Ulladulla Internet & Computers Users Group
http://mulligrubs.shoalhaven.info/
The Mulligrubs meet on the last Thursday of each month at the Ulladulla CTC - Top of the Town Complex, Ulladulla NSW 2539
Send comments, suggestions, or questions about this newsletter to mulligroup@miltonulladulla.com
You can subscribe or unsubscribe from this discussion group at any time.
Simply send a request to mulligroup@miltonulladulla.com
All names and addresses will be kept confidential and will never be sold or used for any other purpose than forwarding of this newsletter
Comments for this post
