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PoliticAverse

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1. Looking what they offer this apparently won't do what you want...

Reply to Shankapotomus (Original post)

Wed Apr 18, 2012, 10:44 AM

Apr 2012

The site you linked to lets you set up a webserver on your PC.
Email is different that a webserver. What yahoo mail, google mail etc are are webserver based interfaces coupled with a backend email service.
Somewhere there needs to be a program running that handles incoming and outgoing email.

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Know nothing about web servers but [View all] Shankapotomus Apr 2012 OP

Looking what they offer this apparently won't do what you want... PoliticAverse Apr 2012 #1

And so Shankapotomus Apr 2012 #2

Since you want your mail to be stored online somewhere that isn't your computer... PoliticAverse Apr 2012 #3

Actually, until about 2 minutes ago, Shankapotomus Apr 2012 #4

Sorry for stating the obvious, but.. DaveJ Apr 2012 #5