On Mon, 9 Apr 2007 22:14:44 +0000 (UTC), spope33@speedymail.org (Steve
Pope) wrote in <evedsk$5mb$1@blue.rahul.net>:

>Robert A. Fink, M. D. <lynxer@comcast.net> wrote:
>
>>The hotel at which we will be staying (the JW Marriott) has "Wireless
>>High-Speed Internet" ("for a fee"); and I am writing here to ask if
>>anyone has stayed in that hotel and used this setup.
>
>>I am aware that such setups in the USA vary (some allow only Web
>>access; others allow retrieval of mail but do not allow outgoing SMTP
>>mail; and many have full access, just like on one's home Network).
>>Anybody have experience with this hotel?
>
>If I were you, I'd use a webmail interface or at least have
>one available in case mail protocols do not work through
>the hotel's network. (Comcast DOES have one right?)

Agreed, but ONLY if the webmail interface supports HTTPS, and only with
your OWN computer, not a public computer that might well be logging
userids and passwords.

>The weirdest hotel connection I've ever had was at the MEC hotel
>in Paestum, Italy. In order to get the log on screen that
>enables the connection I had to figure out (using commands like
>netstat) what address their server was at (ended up being
>something like 10.0.5.1) and set my browser's proxy to this
>address. Hotel staff had no clue how to work this.

Did you try "automatically detect proxy settings"? That's usually
worked for me.

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