Subj : Re: Macintosh echo To : Tony Langdon From : Dave Drum Date : Wed Mar 08 2017 07:09:08 -=> Tony Langdon wrote to Dave Drum <=- DD> If one is messaging someone with an address in that network, surely. DD> But AOL, Juno and Earthlink are like Gmail or Yahoo in that they are on DD> their own server(s) and merely accessed by using someone's net to get DD> on the Interweb. Even Excite - where I still have an email address of DD> vladimir.ilyich@excite.com Bv)= My user name there is Nicolai Ulyanov DD> ..... so far no one has "got it". Bv(= TL> Ahh, I see, so they've turned more into cloud providers? DD> Who has turned into cloud providers? Google (Gmail owner) has offered DD> cloud services for some time. As has Yahoo. Excite is circling the TL> Re-read my post, I posed the question about AOL, Juno and Earthlink. I had mentioned six different services. You weren't very specific until this last posting. I have not a clew as to where the services store their stuff - in the clouds or under the mattresses. I don't use (and never will) cloud storage - not trusting it to be secure. For all I know those services may stash their data on flash drive arrays. Or a multi-terrabyte googleplex set up. .... I'm terribly sorry, but I'm afraid you're just a mirage. --- MultiMail/Win32 * Origin: Outpost BBS * Limestone, TN, USA (1:18/200) .