Message-ID: <36334413.5943@mcmail.com> Date: Sun, 25 Oct 1998 18:30:27 +0300 From: Shiv Satchit <mailto:sshiv@mcmail.com> Subject: Re: Accessing email away from base To: mailto:DEVEL-L@AMERICAN.EDU
Dr Eberhard W Lisse wrote: >
> Shiv,
>
> In message <mailto:3632EBB6.904@mcmail.com>, Shiv Satchit writes:
> > Hi Friends,
> >
> > Please help me clarify this position. I have a specific dial-up account
> > with which I access my ISP in London. I also have a web-based email
> > address which could be accessible from any PCs. But I will be
> > temporarily away from my base, working in Mauritius. How could I get my
> > email to be diverted to my web-based email address to enable me to
> > receive my messages while out of station. What is the solution? And also
> > I may also have to have access to a local ISP in Mauritius.
>
> For someone having had all the answers on previous occasions with
> regards to Internet in rural areas that very question demonstrates
> total and fundamental lack of understanding of the Internet.
>
> This is your perception. This has got nothing to do with the understanding of the basics of the Internet . If you had
ead the message correctly it says clearly that the problem is restricted specifically to Mauritius where there may not b a POP. My work is in the specialist areas of setting up Satellite Broadcasting for video, audio and datacasting and I a currently involved with a IT project of setting up a newsagency to promote social development.(something you don't go a ong with, because from your previous response you asked why do I think poor villagers need ICT? I do not think it is up o anyone of to decide or to judge what villages need or not. We all know what humanity needs by way of necessities. IT i today one of them. This is not a substitute for water, electricity or food as you put it.What you do is you go to the ISP in Mauritius and tell him something > like: "Hi, I am one of these high paid foreign Internet consultants
> here to tell your government how to run your life, can you please
> explain to me how to get on the Internet?"
>
>Sarcastic and patronising as your attitude is, your response is not helpful at all. You may be the only wise guy who mu
t have been born Internet-wise or genius. Some of us have to learn. You cannot possibly be Mr Know-It-All.
In "Dialup Networking" create a new connection with the parameters the > ISP will give you for the local dialup. In your Mail program (Eudora?)
> you change *NOTHING*.
>
> This suggested solution assumes you have a POP or a Cybercafe on the island.
And on your final report, don't forget to change all instances of > Zimbabwe to Mauritius. Not the Great White Hope, eh?
>
> el
Word of Advice: If you are not so inclined to help on this newsgroup or list you are not obliged to respond. Just ignore it.
Regards
Shiv