Concerning hotmail with Cobequid Community Network

Date: Sun, 29 Nov 1998 17:22:15 -0400 (AST)
From: David Murdoch <murdoch@csuite.ns.ca>
To: Gary Shearman <shearman@victoria.tc.ca>
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On Sun, 29 Nov 1998, Gary Shearman wrote:

> Funny you should ask!
> 
> We (The British Columbia Community Networks Association) are planning on
> implementing a service of this kind for community nets in BC, using our
> Provincial Server (which is running on Csuite).
> 
> I don't see why it couldn't be done for the whole country, given the proper
> support.
> 
> I'm not talking about an exact duplicate of Hotmail here, rather a service
> that would give everyone a chance to access their home e-mail accounts 
> from anywhere on the net.  This would be supplemented by the opportunity
> to apply for an account if you lived where there wasn't a local community
> net that was running a POP server.
> 
> Gary Shearman

We would be really interested in offering a similar service in Nova Scotia
and in particular on CCN. We've been looking at Emumail type software that
costs money and have been thinking of the security, legal and other  
issues related to providing such a service.

Regards,
David Murdoch CET
--
     HRM Regional Community Access Project (CAP) Coordinator, 
     Operations Manager and Technical Coordinator, Chebucto Community Net
         http://www.chebucto.ns.ca - 902 422 2110 voice
	 http://www.csuite.ns.ca


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