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From: Wheel on 10 May 2010 19:31
Mike Easter wrote:
> POKO wrote:
>> My new internet provider only allows gmail
>
> I'm confused (a little) by the gmail-related information provided by
> your provider
>
> High Speed Internet Services for Remote and Rural Canada - OmniGlobe
> Broadband - Manitoulin -
> http://www.omniglobebroadband.com/site/manitoulin_faq.php#14
>
> -- Can you provide email addresses and if so, how many? - A. We have
> partnered with leading Internet company Google in order to provide our
> subscribers with up to 5 OmniGlobe-branded Gmail email accounts. These
> each come with 6GB of storage.
>
> Then the provider provides an email instructions .pdf which contains
> conflicting screenshots and text, in which the screenshots depict the
> subscriber using a gmail address and the text shows the subscriber using
> an omniglobe.ca email address. Maybe the .pdf is derived/created from
> gmail instructions by omniglobe.
>
> omniglobe.ca does not have an MX listed as such. If you contact
> omniglobe.ca on port 25 it answers as atlantic.sibername.com -- which is
> because omniglobe.ca DNS 209.44.98.50 which rDNS atlantic.sibername.com
> which is not a good configuration for a mailserver for a omniglobe.ca
> address.
>
> However, the same faq steers the omniglobe client to a webmail frontend
> at mail.omniglobe.ca which is a google page.
>
> So, I'm not crystal-clear on what google/gmail and omniglobe are doing
> for/with each other vis a vis omniglobe usernames.
>
> A normal free gmail account has about 7.5G of storage.

These two Virgin Media pages may help.

It looks as if ISPs want their own name (@ISP.something) using Google
services.

http://help.virginmedia.com/system/selfservice.controller?CMD=VIEW_ARTICLE&ARTICLE_ID=37908&CURRENT_CMD=SEARCH&CONFIGURATION=1005&PARTITION_ID=1&USERTYPE=1&LANGUAGE=en&COUNTY=us&VM_CUSTOMER_TYPE=

http://help.virginmedia.com/system/selfservice.controller?CMD=VIEW_ARTICLE&ARTICLE_ID=37919&CURRENT_CMD=SEARCH&CONFIGURATION=1005&PARTITION_ID=1&USERTYPE=1&LANGUAGE=en&COUNTY=us&VM_CUSTOMER_TYPE=
From: POKO on 10 May 2010 21:34
In article <o4adnRFUQYLdvnXWnZ2dnUVZ_gOdnZ2d(a)earthlink.com>,
heybub(a)NOSPAMgmail.com says...
> POKO wrote:
> > My new internet provider only allows gmail and I've been unsuccessful
> > getting Thunderbird to import it so I'm looking for a client that can
> > accept gmail. As I have a second gmail account it would be nice if it
> > allowed importing more than one acount. Any suggestions would be
> > appreciated. (Windows XP Home)
>
> Both Outlook and Outlook Express can POP Gmail accounts. See the Gmail Help
> area for instructions.
>
>
>
>
I've got Thunderbird running - thanks all. (Only in Canada, eh)
--
Best - POKO
Manitoulin Island, Canada

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