Most people think the only free email that offers IMAP access is Gmail. Not so. Aol/AIM also has the same capability, which allows you to access your AOL/AIM account via the email client of your choice. If you already know how to configure an email account using IMAP, skip down to the mail servers section below. Why use IMAP? IMAP is better than POP because your...

Free is a relative term because it doesn’t necessarily mean "no money required". If to get the free access you must do something decidedly inconvenient, that costs you time and effort. But in these times, some are willing to be inconvenienced if it means saving a buck or two. Method 1: Hotel parking lot. Many hotels offer free wi-fi, and most...

This is written for the benefit of those who use the Hotmail webmail service. If your e-mail address ends in @msn.com, @live.com or @hotmail.com or you use Windows Live Domains, this applies to you. POP-based Hotmail is not available in the free version at the time of this writing and I’ll say that right up front. You need to flip over $19.95 a year to get...

As you may or may not be aware, airlines have been testing out in-flight internet access for consumer flights. And you just had to know someone would start viewing porn while flying. Well, that didn’t happen. But the Association of Professional Flight Attendants thinks it could be a problem. Let’s put this into perspective for a moment. How STUPID...

A recently conducted study has proven that those who choose to use dial-up internet (yes, the agonizingly slow method of getting online) do more so by choice rather than lack of choice. Explained: There are more than a few people out there (35% of all dial-uppers in the USA – a huge chunk) that just don’t consider broadband worth the price tag. It is...

I have discussed previously in this book how IP addressing and DHCP servers operate. If you are interested in some of the technologies behind this, back up and have a read. For now, let’s just get down to business and get you sharing an internet connection. The first thing you might need to do is configure your router. The good thing here is that many routers...