Some help with an EMail set up query please

[TonyA]

I use an email account from 2 locations using the same address and using Outlook Express. What happens is if I use PC at work then emails are downloaded onto that PC. If I use the PC at home then emails are downloaded on that PC. This means I cannot leave mail on server so that I could access it at home or vice versa. Is it possible to run email of say a portable HDD so that I can plug it in at work, use mail and then have mail saved to HDD and the same would apply at home. There may be other solutions but that why I relay on the forumites collective wisdom! Thank You

 

[ruan567]

Set your Outlook to not delete mail messages after retrieving them from the server. This will download the mail twice (at home and at work) and leave a copy on the server.

 

[Happy Camper]

Can you access your mail with a browser instead of POP? That would sort you out

 

[TonyA]

or perhaps a way of leaving mail on server so I see mails from both positions

 

[Happy Camper]

or perhaps a way of leaving mail on server so I see mails from both positions

Ruan answered your question, look in the mail serttings on Outlook (or whatever prog you use), somewhere there should be a setting that states "leave copy of mail on server", check the box and restart the prog. Now when you download the mail at the office it will leave a copy of the original on the server so that when you get home it will be downloaded there too. Easy! Good luck

 

[TonyA]

Such a simple solution, thank you very much.

 

[Happy Camper]

Such a simple solution, thank you very much.

It was Ruan's pleasure I'm sure

 

[MadMailMan]

Use IMAP.