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fadedrose

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23. My personal computer

Sat Aug 1, 2015, 07:03 AM

Aug 2015

means I pay somebody to send and receive email thru their server - that could be AT&T, Comcast, etc. Also, large companies and universities have their own servers and offer free servicer to employees in many cases....

That's what wifi is about. Places that offer it so you can use your computer there have to have either their own server or are subscribers to a large telecom company. It costs to dial into the internet and most people can't afford a server.

Without a server, your personal one or a large one that you pay for "service," you cannot send emails or receive them, or visit DU, check your bank account, shop online, use dictionary, and all kinds of stuff. Your computer without a server is nothing but an electric typewriter....and a good way of playing solitaire and other games you own.

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What is the difference between the "Server" Hillary was using for her eMails [View all] AverageGuy Aug 2015 OP

Why not ask the right wing Republicans shitting their pants over this issue? MADem Aug 2015 #1

I'm sure 'Name Removed' would have had a brllliant reply to make if only he had the chance pinboy3niner Aug 2015 #5

You are--as always--wise, clever and 'punny!' nt MADem Aug 2015 #6

Thanks, amigo. I specialize in #2 threads. nt pinboy3niner Aug 2015 #9

Depends on how each machine is secured, operating system used, etc still_one Aug 2015 #2

+1 Alfalfa Aug 2015 #30

most likely the content of the emails for one thing nt karynnj Aug 2015 #3

I am betting you don't use your personal computer for your emails Egnever Aug 2015 #4

Was yours set up by the Secret Service for the former President to use? pnwmom Aug 2015 #7

"it's not a computer" Whut? nt Electric Monk Aug 2015 #10

Thanks. Brain blip. nt pnwmom Aug 2015 #20

You log onto the Internet and go to the website of your email provider applegrove Aug 2015 #8

My server stlll says 'Hillary' pinboy3niner Aug 2015 #11

This might be helpful... Llewlladdwr Aug 2015 #12

+1. nt bemildred Aug 2015 #29

Your computer isn't receiving top secret emails, thereby jeopardizing national security. linuxman Aug 2015 #13

Have you worked on govt servers? VanillaRhapsody Aug 2015 #18

I have and I do. linuxman Aug 2015 #22

So have and do I..and after what I have seen VanillaRhapsody Aug 2015 #24

Then you know they suck. Adrahil Aug 2015 #32

Yes that is my point! VanillaRhapsody Aug 2015 #42

Oh, so it's a safety issue, rather than a "how dare these little people question me" issue. name not needed Aug 2015 #38

The Secret Service protects this one for President Clinton. And during the same period of time pnwmom Aug 2015 #21

Hackers aren't thwarted by physical security KeepItReal Aug 2015 #27

Well, it's been years since Hillary's was discontinued. And we KNOW 250,000 .gov emails pnwmom Aug 2015 #34

Hillary's personal server certainly wasn't....little fish in a big pond method VanillaRhapsody Aug 2015 #43

Please provide a link to these 250k State Department .gov emails that you claim Wikileaks released DesMoinesDem Aug 2015 #35

Please provide a link to your claim that I said Wikileaks released all those emails. pnwmom Aug 2015 #37

You're claiming 250k .gov emails were leaked to Wikileaks (but not released?) Where's your proof? DesMoinesDem Aug 2015 #39

Here you go. pnwmom Aug 2015 #40

I know Wikileaks released diplomatic cables. Where are the 250k .gov State Department emails DesMoinesDem Aug 2015 #41

The term "cable" is defined by the state dept. as a "communication (message) sent electronically." pnwmom Aug 2015 #45

Cables are not the same as emails. That is a fact. DesMoinesDem Aug 2015 #46

I just showed you that by the State Department's own definition, the word "cable" includes emails. pnwmom Aug 2015 #49

LOL. You're really grasping at straws trying to argue that cables are email. DesMoinesDem Aug 2015 #52

You obviously didn't read the whole article because you didn't learn anything from it. pnwmom Aug 2015 #53

I already know what cables are. You obviously are furriously trying to learn about them DesMoinesDem Aug 2015 #54

No, millions of people weren't supposed to have access to all 250K emails. pnwmom Aug 2015 #55

They weren't emails, they were cables. Available to millions of people. DesMoinesDem Aug 2015 #56

No, they weren't all available to millions of people. And the difference these days between cables pnwmom Aug 2015 #59

Wow. You have no idea what you are talking about. DesMoinesDem Aug 2015 #60

And Hillary's .gov emails could have been downloaded by someone who had access to them. pnwmom Aug 2015 #61

Again, very few people have access to individual email accounts. DesMoinesDem Aug 2015 #62

Millions of people don't have access to ALL those cables, and you know that perfectly well. pnwmom Aug 2015 #63

I know perfectly well that millions of people had access to all those cables. DesMoinesDem Aug 2015 #64

Bit if Eddie renvealed it he'd be a hero treestar Aug 2015 #58

your ISP owns the 'server' your emails are stored on. The Clintons owned a 'server' . Sunlei Aug 2015 #14

Are you coming back to reply to respondents to your thread, or what? pinboy3niner Aug 2015 #15

First, thank you all for answering me AverageGuy Aug 2015 #17

EXACTLY !!! VanillaRhapsody Aug 2015 #19

sound like a more secure cloud to me. pansypoo53219 Aug 2015 #16

My personal computer fadedrose Aug 2015 #23

Two part answer here Exilednight Aug 2015 #25

Only her WORK ones...not her personal ones... VanillaRhapsody Aug 2015 #44

Where did you get the idea I was talking about anything other than her SoS correspondence? Exilednight Aug 2015 #47

Same place you got the idea that she isn't being forthcoming.... VanillaRhapsody Aug 2015 #48

Based on Hillary's past experience, what makes you believe she is? Exilednight Aug 2015 #50

based on Hillary's past experience, what makes you BELIEVE she isn't VanillaRhapsody Aug 2015 #51

Do you really want to go down the road of Hillary's lies over the past three decades? Exilednight Aug 2015 #57

As hardware, not much. The difference would be software. bemildred Aug 2015 #26

This message was self-deleted by its author JTFrog Aug 2015 #28

System admins and other people have access to the server Alfalfa Aug 2015 #31

Do not know the difference but when this first came out they said it was a computer that had jwirr Aug 2015 #33

Is yours in a mansion? n/t Motown_Johnny Aug 2015 #36