Email

[securespark]

Hi guys.

Have set up email on Mrs Secures new PC.

Also have email on old PC.

If she downloads email on new one, she can do the same on the old one.

However, vice versa it does not alwys work.

Is there a reason why?

And if we just shut down the email client on the old one, will all emails now download to the new one?

Thank you.

 

[Monkeh]

You need to have both clients use IMAP.

 

[securespark]

Thank you. Can you explain the whys and wherefores please?

If we ditch the old PC, does the new lappy still need to be set up to IMAP?

 

[Monkeh]

Thank you. Can you explain the whys and wherefores please?

If we ditch the old PC, does the new lappy still need to be set up to IMAP?

It's a bit of a long explanation, really. Check wikipedia articles on POP and IMAP, should explain a lot.

If you're only using one machine, you don't need to use IMAP. But IMAP is a lot faster than POP anyway, so I don't see any reason to use POP.

 

[securespark]

Can you use IMAP with both Outlook Express and LiveMail?

 

[Monkeh]

Can you use IMAP with both Outlook Express and LiveMail?

Not a clue. Probably. Hopefully.

 

[kjacko]

If you're using outlook or another POP collector, then you just need to make sure that the setting that says "keep mail on server" is ticked. there is usually a time limit that you can set (in days) for this.
Sounds like you have it ticked on one machine but NOT on the other.

 

[Monkeh]

If you're using outlook or another POP collector, then you just need to make sure that the setting that says "keep mail on server" is ticked. there is usually a time limit that you can set (in days) for this.
Sounds like you have it ticked on one machine but NOT on the other.

There are significant performance penalties to doing this. POP should've died a long time ago. Let it die now.

 

[kjacko]

yeah, but if you're using IMAP webmail styley and you have no connection you can't even see your email history should you need to.

 

[Monkeh]

yeah, but if you're using IMAP webmail styley and you have no connection you can't even see your email history should you need to.

Wrong. Nothing prevents IMAP clients from keeping a local copy.

 

[empip]

My example, have OE on Netbook and desktop.
Need to use NetBook for mailing when away from home.
Need all received emails to be available when using desktop at home.

Set Netbook OE to leave copies on server (as already mentioned above).
I have set desktop not to leave copies.
See how, here :- http://tinyurl.com/8nz3ktw

All my incoming mail is stored on desktop - eventually - hopefully !!
Using the Netbook to read email doesn't remove them from eventual access by desktop PC.

An example :- BT and IMAP, some discussion here :- http://tinyurl.com/9gmpggt

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[Monkeh]

And if you just use IMAP, you don't need to muck around like that. It just works.

 

[ericmark]

I do not understand why you need IMAP?
I run both Outlook express and the new one and as long as you go to:-
Tools
Internet Accounts
Mail
The account you are using
Highlight and go to properties
Go to Advanced tab
Select with tick
Leave a copy of message on server

Then it will work with both PC's I would also set to remove after x days so if you stop using one PC the in box will not become full.

 

[Monkeh]

I do not understand why you need IMAP?

Because it's not a legacy, broken protocol?