web mail on "Free-Nets"

[Doug Schuler]

FYI,

-- Doug


> Date: Sun, 07 Feb 1999 13:36:45 -0300
> To: <aa033 at pgfn.bc.ca>
> From: John Grogan <grogan at mag-net.com>
> Subject: MEDIA RELEASE, Prince George FreeNet Association
> 
> 
> MEDIA RELEASE
> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE . . .
> 
> February 7, 1999
> 
> The Prince George Free-Net Association is pleased to announce a significant
> advancement in service to the community in offering  Web-based e-mail
> accounts, permitting use of mail readers like Eudora, Netscape
> Mail, etc. for our subscribers.
> 
> "This is a notable improvement for our many free-net users.", said Edel
> Toner-Rogala, President of the Prince George Free-Net Association. "This
> will permit a subscriber to access their mail from any location provided
> the computer they are accessing has a web-browser, as do the vast majority
> of computers on the internet.", she continued.
> 
> The Board of Directors were thrilled by the announcement of this important
> improvement in service at a recent meeting. "This is the best thing that
> has happened around here since we switched our software to Chubucto Suite",
> said David Lott, Vice-President Technical. "The community network model is
> improving service toward universal access to the means to communicate,"
> Lott continued.
> 
> For more information on the Prince George Free-Net, visit via modem (250)
> 563 3977, by public access terminals located in public libraries, Telnet:
> strider.pgfn.bc.ca, or on the World Wide Web http://www.pgfn.bc.ca.
> 
> - 30 -
> 
> End of Media Release
> 
> For further information contact:
> Prince George Free-Net Association
> 210 N. Quinn Street
> Prince George, B.C. V2M 3J5
> Voice: 250 562 9281 (9 a.m. - 5 p.m. only please)
> Fax: 250 562 8463
> 
> Background material attached FYI. . .
> 
> 
>    What is the Community Networks Web Mail System?
> 
>    The Community Networks Web Mail System is a system for checking Email
>    that has been designed by the British Columbia Community Networks
>    Association. The System allows users to check their Email without
>    having to dial or telnet into the Free-Net, as was the case before.
>    All a user needs to check their PGFN Email is access to a web browser,
>    graphical or non-graphical.
> 
>    What are the Benefits of Using the Web Mail System?
> 
>    Before the Web Mail System, PGFN users needed to either dial or telnet
>    into the Free-Net. Dialing into the Free-Net from somewhere other than
>    Prince George incurs long distance costs, and not all internet
>    terminals around Canada and the rest of the world have telnet.
> 
>    This predicament limited the options PGFN users had to check their
>    email while out of town. With the new Web Mail System, the only thing
>    you will need is a web browser that connects to the internet --
>    something that can be found in virtually all public libraries,
>    universities, colleges, internet cafes, etc., in Canada and the rest
>    of the world.
> 
> 
> If you're not sure of the difference between webmail and pop mail in
> general, just go to the help page to find out. It is all listed there
> clearly. It's located at:
> 
> http://www.pgfn.bc.ca/Help/POP/popmail.html
> 
> 
> 
> c:\\pgfn\1999\media release\Feb0799.txt
> 
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