[plug] [OT] Bizarre BigPond POP3 Problem

[Craig Ringer]

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>In Telstra Support Language(TM) I have an Outlook Express client
>checking 13 bigpond accounts every 5 minutes from a static IP - That is
>the same thing to the POP3 server isn't it?
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Heh.... TSL :-/
"Yes, I _have_ gone into the Network control panel and ..."
"Yes, I have already restarted my computer. OK, I'll do it again. 
<biosbeep.wav>."
"Umm... I think its windows 98."
"Of course I don't have a LAN connected. That'd be against the ToS. 
What's a LAN anyway? Come to think of it I don't have any other PCs at 
all... really."
"What's netscape? I just use "internet" to connect to your usage monitor..."

*arrggh*
3 months of Telstra cable was 3 months too many.