Originally Posted by
catocony
Cox is my cable modem provider. In a lot of countries, you cannot log into your account or webmail due to "security". Frequently, IMAP is available, but SMTP relay isn't. This is a problem, not having email access outside the US.
AT&T will not allow logins from most foreign countries. This is a problem if you need to add one of the international packages after you go international.
Most of us rely on on-line access to our financial and telecom management functions, and not all of us are in the US 365 days a year. It sucks.
I'm on Cox, but I have Hotmail configured to pull the mail off the Cox account and put it in my Hotmail account. That works everywhere I've tried it. (More reliably, also. This setup causes a decent number of e-mails asking me to fix the login to the Cox account because it's not working.)