Trying to help a friend here. Does anyone know if Walmart Connect internet
service allows the user to access OE?

Hi Joy,

A qualified no, from what I've been reading. Wal-Mart offers two brands of
AOL service, AOL (broadband offering) and Netscape for dial-up. It's hard to
get to the bottom of things, but Netscape appears to be a very basic
offering with Web-based e-mail only. The AOL broadband offered at Wal-Mart
may include IMAP accounts that can be used with Outlook Express.

There are good low priced (dial-up) ISP's that offer a much better Internet
experience -- and POP3 e-mail accounts. There may be a reasonable price for
DSL with the telco in your area, but it's still fairly high in many places.
The basic price for Netscape may lead to a much higher fee if optional
services are utilized, such as Web-Accelerator, spam control or e-mail virus
protection. The price could end up the same as Earthlink without nearly the
same quality of service or features. Also, from what I've read, the Wal-Mart
Netscape browser is full of (Wal-Mart) ads. This can only be good if the
goal of having an ISP service is to facilitate shopping at Wal-Mart.

--
Tim K.
aka Kuay Tim
MS-MVP - Outlook Express
Lynnwood, WA
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"Joy" wrote in message
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Trying to help a friend here. Does anyone know if Walmart Connect internet
service allows the user to access OE?

Thanks, Tim, I'll tell my friend. I don't know if he'll be willing to
change or not,

"Kuay Tim" wrote in message
...
Hi Joy,

A qualified no, from what I've been reading. Wal-Mart offers two brands of
AOL service, AOL (broadband offering) and Netscape for dial-up. It's hard
to
get to the bottom of things, but Netscape appears to be a very basic
offering with Web-based e-mail only. The AOL broadband offered at Wal-Mart
may include IMAP accounts that can be used with Outlook Express.

There are good low priced (dial-up) ISP's that offer a much better
Internet
experience -- and POP3 e-mail accounts. There may be a reasonable price
for
DSL with the telco in your area, but it's still fairly high in many
places.
The basic price for Netscape may lead to a much higher fee if optional
services are utilized, such as Web-Accelerator, spam control or e-mail
virus
protection. The price could end up the same as Earthlink without nearly
the
same quality of service or features. Also, from what I've read, the
Wal-Mart
Netscape browser is full of (Wal-Mart) ads. This can only be good if the
goal of having an ISP service is to facilitate shopping at Wal-Mart.

--
Tim K.
aka Kuay Tim
MS-MVP - Outlook Express
Lynnwood, WA
*
"Joy" wrote in message
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Trying to help a friend here. Does anyone know if Walmart Connect
internet
service allows the user to access OE?

Your best bet would be to get "Copper.Net" for less than 10 dollars a month.
In case you do (or your friend does), let me know, please.

Harry.

"Joy" wrote in message
...
Trying to help a friend here. Does anyone know if Walmart Connect
internet
service allows the user to access OE?

Thanks, Harry. Never heard of Copper.net! So he COULD access OE with that?

"webster72n" wrote in message
...

Your best bet would be to get "Copper.Net" for less than 10 dollars a
month.
In case you do (or your friend does), let me know, please.

Harry.

"Joy" wrote in message
...
Trying to help a friend here. Does anyone know if Walmart Connect
internet
service allows the user to access OE?

It is their incorporated mail server.
Here's the link:

"http://www.copper.net/"


"Joy" wrote in message
...
Thanks, Harry. Never heard of Copper.net! So he COULD access OE with
that?

"webster72n" wrote in message
...

Your best bet would be to get "Copper.Net" for less than 10 dollars a
month.
In case you do (or your friend does), let me know, please.

Harry.

"Joy" wrote in message
...
Trying to help a friend here. Does anyone know if Walmart Connect
internet
service allows the user to access OE?

Copper.net settings for OE:
http://www.copperhosting.net/support.asp

When all else fails:
Free Technical Support 1-(888)-336-3318
--
Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - Outlook Express
~IB-CA~


"webster72n" wrote in message
...

It is their incorporated mail server.
Here's the link:

"http://www.copper.net/"


"Joy" wrote in message
...
Thanks, Harry. Never heard of Copper.net! So he COULD access OE with
that?

"webster72n" wrote in message
...

Your best bet would be to get "Copper.Net" for less than 10 dollars a
month.
In case you do (or your friend does), let me know, please.

Harry.

"Joy" wrote in message
...
Trying to help a friend here. Does anyone know if Walmart Connect
internet
service allows the user to access OE?

Thanks Bruce, forgot to mention the configuration.

Harry.


"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
...
Copper.net settings for OE:
http://www.copperhosting.net/support.asp

When all else fails:
Free Technical Support 1-(888)-336-3318
--
Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - Outlook Express
~IB-CA~


"webster72n" wrote in message
...

It is their incorporated mail server.
Here's the link:

"http://www.copper.net/"


"Joy" wrote in message
...
Thanks, Harry. Never heard of Copper.net! So he COULD access OE with
that?

"webster72n" wrote in message
...

Your best bet would be to get "Copper.Net" for less than 10 dollars a
month.
In case you do (or your friend does), let me know, please.

Harry.

"Joy" wrote in message
...
Trying to help a friend here. Does anyone know if Walmart Connect
internet
service allows the user to access OE?