SMTP & POP3's ?
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shadytree

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8,291 posts

279 months

Friday 10th February 2006
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Can I connect to my Blueyonder email account (SMTP POP3 etc) via someone elses ISP network connectiom ?

So when I'm roaming on my Laptop and connect to another network (legally), I'd like to check my Blueyonder SMTP email?

Is it possible chaps?

mattley

3,039 posts

252 months

Friday 10th February 2006
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You should be able to recive POP mail from anywhere but you'll only be able to send from the SMTP servers of the network you're currently connected to.

One way round this is assuming W2K or XP, is to activate the SMTP server that ships with, and use that.

BliarOut

72,863 posts

269 months

Friday 10th February 2006
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Do they have webmail enabled? TBH that's the easiest way. However.... You can send when on another ISP's network with your BlueYonder account using SMTP Auth and what you want to know is here

shadytree

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Friday 10th February 2006
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cheers chaps, I'll give that a bash

GregE240

10,857 posts

297 months

Friday 10th February 2006
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Stu,

Try this (you can use it at work too):

Go to: http://mail2web.com

Put in your e-mail address and password

Bingo, use it anywhere in the world.

shadytree

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279 months

Friday 10th February 2006
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Thanks Rob, that looks perfect.

How about duplicating incoming/outgoing mails on my Desktop PC and Laptop?

Currently they only go to where I connect, ie. Laptop or PC.
Would be nice to have them duplicated so I can see all my mails where ever I am.

mcflurry

9,190 posts

283 months

Friday 10th February 2006
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Blueyonder's email can be accessed at http://webmail.blueyonder.co.uk

Or via servers pop3.blueyonder.co.uk for incoming and smtp.blueyonder.co.uk for outgoing mail if you are using outlook express etc...


BliarOut

72,863 posts

269 months

Friday 10th February 2006
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Is that secure Greg? I haven't seen it before and I'm just naturally suspicious about my password being captured etc.

Stu, are you using Outlook or Outlook Express and which version. You can't do it by design unless you're using Microsoft Exchange with offline access enabled, but I might be able to figure a fudge out depending on what you're using.

shadytree

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Friday 10th February 2006
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BliarOut said:

Stu, are you using Outlook or Outlook Express and which version. You can't do it by design unless you're using Microsoft Exchange with offline access enabled, but I might be able to figure a fudge out depending on what you're using.


Outlook 2003


I remember that when I setup my Laptop with my Blueyonder Outlook account, it asked me do I wish to duplicate? I ticked no (stupidly)

So how do I go back and change that to duplicate without uninstalling the accounts and then re-installing them?

>> Edited by shadytree on Friday 10th February 11:34

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26,934 posts

275 months

Friday 10th February 2006
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shadytree said:
Thanks Rob, that looks perfect.

How about duplicating incoming/outgoing mails on my Desktop PC and Laptop?

Currently they only go to where I connect, ie. Laptop or PC.
Would be nice to have them duplicated so I can see all my mails where ever I am.

I don't *think* you can do this. There's usually an option to leave the mail on the server, so you could access it via a web browser from any PC, but once it's downloaded to one machine you can't download it again.

GregE240

10,857 posts

297 months

Friday 10th February 2006
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BliarOut said:
Is that secure Greg? I haven't seen it before and I'm just naturally suspicious about my password being captured etc.

Stu, are you using Outlook or Outlook Express and which version. You can't do it by design unless you're using Microsoft Exchange with offline access enabled, but I might be able to figure a fudge out depending on what you're using.
If you log off, yes, it is secure.

BliarOut

72,863 posts

269 months

Friday 10th February 2006
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Are you familiar with .pst files? Basically all your stuff is stored in one file called a .pst. You will have two of them, one on your lappy and one on your PC.

What you could do is work out which one is larger and then do an import from the smaller one to the larger one to get all your e-mail in one .PST file. Then copy this file and overwrite it on the other machine. It depends on how often you switch machines as to what you do next.

I would suggest you enable "leave a copy of stored e-mails" enabled on the machine you use least and not on the "main" one. That way when you use the main machine it sweeps the e-mails off the server and stores them in the main .PST file.

Then, before you go a roaming copy the main .PST back onto the roamer. It's a bit messy, but it would work. Depends on how big the files are as to how easy it is to do.

The default file location is something like
C:\Documents and Settings\Shady\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook

I would move the files to a simpler location while you're about it, such as c:\mail\shady.pst

TBH a switch to a roaming webmail type account would be much easier in the long run.