skyscan

Ok, I must start out with I'm not too bright when it comes to the inner workings of e-mail. The problem with getting your mail from a isp is that usually setting everything up is on your personal computer (i.e. outlook express) so if you travel it's a lot harder to set up compared to a web based e-mail system (i.e. hotmail, yahoo, etc.)

So, I was thinking what would be perfect would be to be able to receive your e-mail at your house with something like thunderbird and be able to pick your e-mail up online with a online service like outgun.com. Is it possible to configure thunderbird to pick mail up from a online e-mail site?

I know that if you sign up for yahoo swbell then you can receive e-mail from yahoo's mail site and from outlook express but I am unsure if you can do the same with the above services.

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charliex

outlook express can integrate with hotmail, so its possible to use both at the same time, so while you are away the hotmail can act as your email.

Also a lot of isps allow web based email to access your own pop3 mail accounts while travelling, you should check your isps startup page or email pages for info.

If you are looking for access to archived mail, configure your email program to leave a copy on the server, this means though your email box will fill and youll have to prune it yourself as generally there is a low limit on most isps pop3 accounts, but it will allw you to gain access to stored emails anywhere you can read pop3.

MontanaXVI

I know with RoadRunner I was out of state at a friends house with my system and I was able to login using my saved settings on my system and read, but not send mail. Not too sure how that helps you if at all but just thought i would quip in

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Macheath

I'm pretty happy with my current setup, using Mozilla Mail with the Australian version of Yahoo that still (unlike the US version) allows free POP3 access to webmail. You sign on for it and they simply give you the appropriate pop and smtp names. It's pretty easy to set up.

In addition, I have www.ePrompter.com set up to keep my legacy hotmail account on life suppot without ever having to log in to the webmail. This program can also be used to access messages from US Yahoo without paying for POP3 access. It's pretty simple though, so it doesn't support html or anything.

I usually set Mozilla's account server settings to select both "leave messages on server" AND "delete message from server when they're deleted or moved from inbox". This allows me to prune garbage and big attachments without having to go and log into webmail at home.

seretogis

Another option is to get an IMAP mailbox somewhere. The difference between IMAP and POP3 is that, while you download every message with a POP3 account, an IMAP one stores messages on the server and only downloads a message one at a time as you view it. This means that you can access the same messages and folders from any computer with a IMAP-capable client (like Outlook Express).

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darkure

If you take a laptop out on the road, you have to change one setting. You have to change the SMTP (the outgoing mail server) to the SMTP server for the ISP you are currently connecting through. So if at home you use Earthlink then mail.earthlink.net (or something) is you outgiong mail server. But when you are visiting a friend who uses Time Warner, you have to change your SMTP server setting to TW's server. The incoming mail server stays the same.

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