It's almost summer and many of us are making vacation plans. I recall an old cartoon. A couple is in a boat in the middle of a lake, fishing. But perhaps being away from your email for extended periods is difficult.
Email accounts are important for connecting with family, professional colleagues, and clients.
Free Internet access, including email, is a phenomenon many of us know about and use, but it wasn't until a recent trip overseas that I really saw its value for me professionally. I could access locally to telnet into my university accounts. Recently, before leaving for a month overseas, I discovered that there were free email services that can be read with a browser like Netscape or Explorer from any place in the world. If your ISP does not have a POP server, ask about a mail forwarding service. I found signing up and setting the necessary preferences easy and intuitive for both.