[Sderby] Networking

[James Carter]

James Gibbon wrote:
> David Coulson wrote:
> 
>>Hi to all, especially those networking guru's out there. Here is my 
>>query. I wish to network my wife's computer and my own and then switch 
>>to broadband. Neither of us wants to lose our email addresses
> 
> 
> Hi Dave,
> 
> It's all do-able, but I haven't done it myself so I'll defer to 
> someone who has.  But I wanted to make a small point about email 
> addresses as many people aren't aware of this - you don't need 
> to lose your email address when you change ISP.  For example, I 
> currently connect via ntlworld, but still use my virgin.net 
> email address as you can see - I just continue to use the virgin 
> mailserver config 
> 
> James
> 
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Hi

Some ISPs will let you read emails from any connection but you have to 
connect via them to send the e-mails. I can't remember which ones. I 
guess you will have to try and find out.

James