Thanks to everyone for your replies. On Thu, 14 Oct 1999 17:30:46 +0200, Bruno Van de Casteele wrote: >> I guess my question is, how is this possible, since ISP # 1 never >> checks for a login id or password? > >never checks? are your sure? Yes. But, as you point out below, my mailer knows the mail login and mail password. On Compuserve, these are different from the dial-up login and password, which is what I found confusing. >It is possible that you can get to your pop-server via another way, >but you still have to provide an id and password to access your >mails.... Kurt ======================================== Avenir Web's Computers Mailing List List Modes, Subscription, and General Info: Go to http://avenir.dhs.org/mailing.html List Archives: http://avenir.dhs.org/archives/ Administrative Contact: webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Get computer help: http://avenir.dhs.org ========================================