Incoming E-Mail to both Desktop & Laptop
Posted by admin on Sep 7th, 2006
Have the same EMail address on a 6 month old desktop with XPOutlook Expess and a new laptop with Vista Home PremiumWindow EMail. The desktop is connected thru a router. Receiving some incoming on one or the other but not both. How can I get all to the desktop while home and all to the laptop while away in a WiFi area? UWTW&G
Sep 12th, 2006 at 08:22 pm
You have to configure one machine to leave a copy of messages on the server so that when it downloads messages, it doesn't remove them before the other can get to them. The usual scenario is to have one machine be the "main" machine that automatically removes messages from the server. The other secondary machine never removes messages from the server. The only drawback to this approach is that the secondary machine won't get all email messages. You'll have to forward messages it didn't get back to the original email address.You can also configure things so that neither machine automatically removes messages from the server. But you'll have to come up with some scheme to remove them at some point so you don't keep getting the same messages over and over on both machines. The options for leaving messages on the server are on the Advanced tab of the Properties sheet for the email account.The other choice is to use Web mail on both machines, so that neither removes messages from the server. Then manually delete messages in the usual manner for Web mail."HuBee"
Sep 14th, 2006 at 05:54 pm
To accomplish that, I set all instances of my email accounts in all email clients on all computers to"Leave a Copy of Messages on Server."In each email client (Outlook, Windows Mail, etc.), go to: Tools , Accounts , Properties , Advanced.Then check the box "Leave a Copy of Messages on Server."Without this feature enabled, when you download messages from your ISP's server, they are no longer available to download to a different computer.Is this what you were asking about? Does this help? "HuBee"
Sep 16th, 2006 at 12:29 pm
Thanx Brian,Same incoming msgs to both now after following your steps. UWTW&G "Brian Bradley" wrote:
Sep 18th, 2006 at 11:05 am
Careful. At some point you'll exceed the storage limit on the server, and your ISP will stop accepting new incoming email for you.Gary VanderMolen "HuBee"
Sep 22nd, 2006 at 01:03 am
Will the server limit be exceeded even if I delete mgs. daily? UWTW&G HuBee "Gary VanderMolen" wrote:
Sep 25th, 2006 at 03:23 pm
Not likely. Even the smaller ISPs give you at least 10 MB of storage.Gary VanderMolen "HuBee"