Set your .mac account to keep mail locally. Make a rule to download all of your mail and place it in a local folder. That way you can read it at your leisure. J On Mar 23, 2006, at 5:04 PM, Pat wrote: > I was advised today by an Apple product specialist that using .mac > to 'fetch' my mail and send it to .mac while I'm in France won't > work. He also said I'd have to read .Mac mail on the website, > which will be most inconvenient as I'll have very limited time > online. I was under the impression that I'd be able to download my > email with my Mail program and then offline read it and answer it > when I went back online. What say you road warriors? > > I figure someone, somewhere on this list will know the answer, so > thanks in a advance! > > Pat > > _______________________________________________ > iBook mailing list > iBook at listserver.themacintoshguy.com > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/ibook > > Listmom is trying to clean out his closets! Vintage Mac and random > stuff: > http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZmacguy1984