[X Newbies] OSX not dial-up friendly

[Kevin Stevens]

On Wed, 24 Sep 2003, Deb Hagen wrote:

> Why can't there just be a checkbox to "disconnect after getting the
> mail" like I used to do in Outlook Express?  I don't want to
> "disconnect if idle" because that's what my ISP does to me if I take
> too long reading a particular Web page before clicking again.  I use
> the same method as Paul: start up OS X Mail & internet connection, then
> go make coffee.  It seems that OE wins in this category, IMHO!
>
> Deb Hagen

Because you, or other users on your computer at the same time, or
background processes you have scheduled to run at certain times, may be
using the connection for something else.  Mail has no way of knowing this,
and no authority to yank the connection out from whatever else might be
using it.

KeS