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On 13/06/13 15:10, tom wrote: > On 13/06/13 14:54, George wrote: >> I'm on my annual "Living away from home in a caravan in Europe" trip >> and reading about the Hotel internet system made me think about my >> internet access on French camping sites so far. >> Every site seems to require you to open a browser window to log onto >> their system. Most require a password, even if free. Some are free >> access but only around their reception area. Some are site wide but >> will charge something like 4 Euros a day, or perhaps 2 Euros for an >> hours connection that you can log onto and off, so spreading the >> hour. Some are free all over but site coverage is iffy. >> One guy on a site providing free coverage told me that if I opened a >> browser on a site with adverts their system would not log in as it >> timed out while the site was looking for an advert. He said use >> Google.com as it doesn't have any ads. Also, forget using an Apple >> device. >> The one I'm on at the moment in Paulo del Vidre (Catalan for Palace >> of Glass) near the Spanish border is the best I've come across as it >> is site wide but totally free, log on to one of 3 transmitters, no >> password required. Unfortunately in 2 days time they change to a new >> system, better cover apparently, first half hour per day free then >> you pay. I guess I can live with that. >> >> I use Thunderbird for email with IMAP. Using dodgy connections, the >> biggest problem is if you are writing a mail and the connection drops >> then you get a message saying the mail cannot be saved. It does not >> allow other than saving online so if you cannot revive the connection >> you are likely to lose what you have written. I can write the email >> in a text editor and copy to send but it's a faff. Any way of setting >> up an offline mode under IMAP to write then log-on to send? I assume >> this wouldn't happen if I was using POP. >> >> BTW The British Caravan Club and The Camping and Caravan Club >> internet charges are extortionate and coverage on sites is generally >> poor. >> >> George >> >> George >> > Re thunderbird - mine allows me to save locally. > Tom te tom te tom > Yes, mine does as well for all of IMAP and POP accounts I use under it - there is a local "drafts" folder that your currently composing email should be autosaved into even if the upstream connection is bad. Have a look in the settings/prefs George, it may be an option you need to select or tune, although I don't remember having to do so with mine. Regards -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq