On Saturday 23 April 2016 07:41:48 cbannis...@slingshot.co.nz wrote: > On Fri, Apr 22, 2016 at 05:11:07AM -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > > On Friday 22 April 2016 04:43:56 Richard Owlett wrote: > > > That's a frequently reported "feature" of gmail. > > > Personally I suspect "free" service isn't worth what you pay for > > > it. I'm very happy using paid ($) mail and news servers :} > > > > Paid? Mail? Its part of YOUR ISP's responsibility to provide a mail > > server. > > I was informed by my ISP that the email service is an added extra. :(
I suppose it could be at your place, but while I haven't dealt with anything but the local ISP's here in the USA, it has always been considered as part of the deal. I have a 10 megabit connection and my telephone from the local cable company at nominally $110 USD/month. And the telephone is no charge long distance anyplace in the lower 48 states. That quasi-free LD is handier than sliced bread as this is a pretty big place compared to NZ. I find I often have to check where I'm calling to make sure the time zone there is business hours for them since we have 4 hours diff to kalipornia from here. Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene>
