[Info-vax] A POP oddity, moves messages to MAIL without reading them

[Mark Daniel]

Richard B. Gilbert wrote:
> Phillip Helbig---remove CLOTHES to reply wrote:
>> In article <mycsm.11650$U5.154493 at newsb.telia.net>,
>> =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Jan-Erik_S=F6derholm?= <jan-erik.soderholm at telia.com>
>> writes:
>>> JF Mezei wrote:
>>>
>>>> Mail services will be the first thing coming off VMS when
>>>> I get a new server in the coming months/weeks.
>>> Of course.
>>> Maybe aprox 10 years to late, but probably the right
>>> decision anyway. There are many far better platforms
>>> for normal day-to-day mail handling. Easiest is to
>>> let your ISP run your mails, it's usualy included in
>>> your Internat access anyway. Running your own mail
>>> server "at home" could be fun, but hardly needed.
>>
>> For me, VMS MAIL and running an SMTP server at home are near the top 
>> of my list of priorities.
>>
> 
> It might be an interesting project but, for most it is not a necessity. 
>  My ISP does the post office thing adequately.

By definition, most hobbyist activity is not a necessity :-)