[X Newbies] OSX not dial-up friendly

[J]

On Tuesday, September 23, 2003, at 08:00  PM, Paul Korntheuer wrote:

> I mean that OSX will not behave in the same way as OS9 and earlier. I 
> like
> to turn on my computer in the morning and walk away, get a cup of 
> coffee,
> read the newspaper and come back to my computer and read the morning 
> emails
> (and delete 94 junk emails) that downloaded while I was slipping 
> coffee.

Why not just leave the computer ON, which is better for it anyway, and 
then dialup, open mail, and then walk away? :-)