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Just another aspect is to whether or not to turn off your desktop=20 system. In the past, I had used my system as a mail server, but with=20 Comcast possibly blocking port 25, there is no real need for it. There=20 was 1 theory that frequent powering up and down a computer reduces the=20 life of the hardware. Since we are on the topic, what is the current=20 thinking on whether to turn home computers off when not in use. In my=20 case, at night since I log into it in the morning. Certainly power=20 saving technologies do save some costs.
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