1.   And many corporate mail servers have had growing pains, experiencing holdups and the odd deletion, especially over weekends.

2.   And there are other Internet tools such as mail servers and websites that can control twaddle-spouting interlopers.

3.   As to your second question, the answer depends on how your Internet provider has configured the mail server.

4.   Both Kanatsiz and Ng said they were unaware of any hacking into a foreign mail server.

5.   A mail server is a computer that contains electronic mailboxes for each of its users.

6.   But Internet providers have a limit on how much mail you can keep on a mail server.

7.   By noon, the mail servers had been repaired, but a mail backlog made the system unresponsive for many users.

8.   Employers generally have the legal right to read any employee mail that passes through the corporate mail servers, so you may want to keep that in mind.

9.   Hackers usually have bigger targets than mail servers in mind, but it is possible for the security of the electronic mail to be compromised.

10.   In fact, the mail server cannot really tell whether it is delivering mail to a Macintosh or a PC.