LAN vs telephone connection

[skidboots]

I have dialup service. The mail account they set up says LAN.
I don't understand the difference.
If I connect with my dial-up telephone, should'nt I do away with the LAN connection?
(waiting to hear)

[Ronjohn@SMMPCR]

lan stands for "local area connection" and some time ago was really primarily used to "network" computers together. but now serves as a Internet port for high speed Internet which actually does operate on a HUGE network supplied by your isp (which is why you need firewalls,etc)

in your case the LAN should be referring to the Ethernet port which would be used to connect to a broadband isp which you are not using

you are sending and receiving mail through a dialup modem (or a 56k fax modem as it is also called)

so yes, you should choose not to use a LAN

this should help to further define the difference
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethernet
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/56k

[Paul Komski]

Which Dial-up ISP or mail provider?

Mail accounts are generally controlled by access to one of three types of server; POP, IMAP and HTTP. Some are accessible directly on a LAN (typically in a work environment) but mostly via the internet for domestic users.

The internet is accessed in a number of ways but Dial-up and Broadband would be the two most common methods.

[classicsoftware]

When you use dial-up you are creating a virtual Ethernet adapter and there are TCP/IP settings that can be set on dial-up connection just like on a hard wired LAN.

The trouble is the OP is using ancient technology (Windows ME and Dial-up) and getting that to work will always be problematic. Especially when you are using web-mail that is Java based.

I think he has to look at seeing if the ISP will support direct POP3 access to the mail servers....

[mjc]

I think he has to look at seeing if the ISP will support direct POP3 access to the mail servers....

Or move to a more modern OS that will support the lateset (much more secure) versions of Java.

[skidboots]

I ALMOST understand what you fellas are saying....not quite, but ALMOST.

I used to have Juno dialup for about 15years. It cost $110 a year. It had great email, but the internet connection kept knocking me off Real Estate sites for no reason. I finally got fed up, cancelled Juno, and got Coppernet.

Coppernet has GREAT internet service, I don't get knocked off the sites!
However, the email really SUCKS! After 7 calls to their free support help staff, I can't get or send any email. Plus, that little eyeball with the red minus sign appears in the tool bar. I think that means it is an unsecure site or something I should not have in my computer.

I tried to get free email with inbox.com, but they put about 4mb of stuff in my computer, and gave a bunch of warning about what they do with mypersonal info. It scared me out, so I cancelled the install.

What should I do? Take my computer to the shop and have them clean it up and reinstall copper.net, java, etc? Or go buy a newer computer with XT?
If so, what kind. There are lots for cheap on Craiglist, but I wouldn't know a good deal from a bad deal.

[Paul Komski]

You might like to try Gafana (http://www.gafana.com/). It has a special way of dealing with spam. It's free for the webmail account but you pay to have pop mail setup in a Windows client like Outlook Express.