Outlook Express

[Gus 97]

I live in the UK and my ISP is NTL World, for receiving/sending mail at home I use Outlook Express.

When I go to an internet cafe in LOS I can only access new mail from NTL and not existing e-mails that are stored in my Outlook Express.

Is there any way around this?

TIA Gus

[Mescalito 19]

If you can't, and I'm reasonably sure that'll be the case, try using this site:

 

www.mail2web.com

 

 

It's a generic -- but secure -- e-mail portal that allows you to pick up your e-mail from pretty much any computer anywhere as long as your account isn't behind a firewall, like a corporate account would be, for example. It's what I've used to get to my US-based Earthlink account from internet cafes in both Asia and Europe.

[csm 4]

Somewhere in your settings is an option to leave the mail on the server. If you choose that then any new messages you read will stay on the server and be viewable from anywhere.

 

The problem with this is your email file can get quite large after a long period of time and your ISP might have to clean out our file to keep their disk space open. As long as you don't leave it like that for too long you should be fine, or if you also have a size limit then they should notify you when the file is too big and you can delete some older messages.

[deadman 0]

agree with csm,

usually with outlook express, it downloads emails from the server and saved to your pc therefore it is only accessible from your pc only!

[Gus 97]

Cheers guys

I will send myself an e-mail which lists some names and numbers in case I lose anything in LOS, I will just have to remember not to delete it

[drpaul854 0]

If yoiu just want a place to store things for possible retrieval when away from home you should open yourself a free hotmail account that you can access from any PC and your email will be stored at msn's hotmail.com not anyone particular computer. Available anytime, anywhere.

 

Just go to www.hotmail.com and click on the "sign up" button

[BillWilson 10]

try LogMeIn

has a free version

 

you load on your home/office pc

can access from anywhere

need a speedy connection

[RICHERTS 0]

I am on NTL as well. I check my emails all the time when I am in Thailand.

 

Just go to www.ntlworld.com

Click on My email. Enter user name and password and you can read your emails.

If I find I have a lot and want to make sure I dont lose them I forward them to my Yahoo account so I still have them when I get home.

 

 

Ric