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   From: address@is.invalid   
      
   John,   
      
   > My ISP is in the process of outsourcing all its email provision, but   
   > AFAIK are not obliging their users to use their chosen provider   
      
   Here in Europe such an "you *must* use this, and pay for it whatever they   
   ask" forcing would get them into quite a bit of hot water with the Law.   
      
   > service who provide something for $30 a month); Also, my hosting provider   
   > I'm pretty sure offers email handling, and I doubt my ISP would object if   
   > I   
   > used that. Then there is gmail of course.   
      
   Thanks for confirming what I've been saying to Paul.   
      
   A warning though : I just read that gmail is phasing out POP3 (and thus   
   likely also SMTP and similar) access to it.   
      
   Regards,   
   Rudy Wieser   
      
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