True but GEOCITIES also offers the option to use POP3 to retrieve your mail. mail.geocities.com is where I retrieve mine and never even heard of WWW service until now! :) -- ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ | Michael Loftis -- SYSOP trashcan.nws.net | ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ On Sat, 31 May 1997, Alperin, Glenn wrote: > Hotmail is exclusively reading e-mail through a web page. It also has the > added benefit of instant translation of binary files recieved on accounts > there, or ability to download those files if you are not on an adequate > browser. BVeing as I can not recieve binary files at my main address, > [log in to unmask], without them becoming impossible to download and > translate because of the strangef mail headers which get attached to my > mail there and because the e-mail suystem is totally inadequate for > downloading files effectively anyway, hotm,ail is simply a better choice > for those purposes. I wouldn't use hotmail for anything else though as > password security is a big issue for me and to get into hotmail, or > geocities or many other free e-mail providers, you fill out a form which > contains the password attribute hiding the password from your screen but > sending it over the web in straight text format with no encryption. It is > the same with geocities as well. Both use the web as their gateway to > e-mail. > > Glenn >