17 Dec
2003
17 Dec
'03
11:17 p.m.
And if get someone to do secondary MX for you that _is_ fulltime connected, then the only latency for mail is the poll time. If you're on an ISDN line, for example, you can get online and poll every five minutes for ten seconds at a time (ten seconds only when there's no mail), cutting down line charges for fulltime _idle_ connectivity by a factor of thirty. Not all that expensive at all, really.
Eric
Exactly how does this work at your location Eric? Here in Southwestern Bell we don't use the D except for call initiation and termination. There is no useage tarriff other than this. Hence, we have no idle charge. My bill runs a flat $72 and some change each month. Take care.