Forgive me for a probably stupid or naive question but why are programs
called "clients"? Why is Netscape an "e-mail client"? and not an email
program as it used to be? Any rational explanation besides the
fashionable tendancy to use fancy words for simple things?
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John Doue

Your ISP usually runs the mail server. You use a mail client such as
Outlook, Eudora, etc. to connect to the sever to retrieve your mail.

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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft MVP [Windows NT/2000 Operating Systems]
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"John Doue" wrote:
| Forgive me for a probably stupid or naive question but why are programs
| called "clients"? Why is Netscape an "e-mail client"? and not an email
| program as it used to be? Any rational explanation besides the
| fashionable tendancy to use fancy words for simple things?
| --
| John Doue
|