Now why would you want to do a thing like that?

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I admit that my e-mail needs tend to be different from those of other people. Try as I may, I hardly succeed in separating the quantities of mail that arrive in my inbox into separate and distinct folders that allow me to readily distinguish between different work and leisure related activities. But though people understand the need for multiple folders, and even more multiple accounts, they rarely understand why I might want to check my web-based mail via my POP account.

The answer is actually very simple. I teach a number of courses that basically focus on learning the basics of internet use. Many of my students are teachers who don't have POP accounts at home and want to check their mail via web-based accounts, primarily from school. I teach them how to do this, and of course I teach them through example. And if they have e-mail accounts, then we should use them in order to accumulate experience. I communicate with these students primarily through my web-based accounts.

But though my POP accounts are open throughout the day, I often forget to check my web-based accounts. It can easily happen that weeks go by (usually after a class has ended) during which I don't check these accounts, even though I've promised to answer any questions that might be sent me. If my POP account can check my web-based account, then I don't have to go through the motions of logging into them via the web. For me that's a tremendous advantage.

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Go to: And they still don't make coffee either, or
Go to: My inbox runneth over.