EMAIL GOING TO WIRELESS COMPUTER INSTEAD OF DESKTOP

[MAINE MAMA]

INCOMING EMAIL DOES NOT APPEAR ON MY DESKTOP. IT GOES TO A WIRELESS LAPTOP
USING THE SAME EMAIL ADDRESS THROUGH A NETGEAR ROUTER. IT SHOULD COME TO
BOTH COMPUTERS. WE USE MICROSOFT OUTLOOK ON THE DESKTOP AND OUTLOOK EXPRESS
ON THE LAPTOP.

 

[Vince Averello [MVP-Outlook]]

If one computer is downloading & deleting the mail, it won't show up on both
computers.

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

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INCOMING EMAIL DOES NOT APPEAR ON MY DESKTOP. IT GOES TO A WIRELESS
LAPTOP USING THE SAME EMAIL ADDRESS THROUGH A NETGEAR ROUTER. IT
SHOULD COME TO BOTH COMPUTERS. WE USE MICROSOFT OUTLOOK ON THE
DESKTOP AND OUTLOOK EXPRESS ON THE LAPTOP.

Hi - please lose the 'all caps - it's hard to read and is considered
"shouting".
That said: if you want both PCs to receive the mail, you'll need to set each
of the mail accounts up to "leave a copy of messages on server" - and then
somehow, somewhere, delete the mail in the actual mailbox on the server from
time to time (webmail?) so it doesn't get too big and bump over quota. This
can be a pain and is often best avoided, honestly.

 

[Micky]

Well the answer you made is the closest I've seen in the hour I have been on
here or using hired Tech's but no one seems to know the answer. I have two
puters One desktop is used for artwork and grapphics XP Pro, the other is a
Laptop with XP Home. I want both emails ( OE) to go to both puters starting
with me opening the Laptop first thng in the morning. I have set up the check
marks in tools,Property etc area, but I don't want it to go to the server
(website) either., I am 77 and its hard to remember to clean that out every
night, and just having a cataract procedure it's hard to sear all the places
that say they have answers. Yourr's is the closest
#1 E-mail to go to both computers with Openng Laptop first
#2 E-mails NOT going to webmail (server)

I hope I gave you all the information you need to helo me I'm at my wits
end. There are emails I need on the Desktop as well as the Laptop.

Both puters are OE/I/E 6.0
Help if you can I do appreciate it Thanks in advance

 

[Brian Tillman]

Well the answer you made is the closest I've seen in the hour I have
been on here or using hired Tech's but no one seems to know the
answer. I have two puters One desktop is used for artwork and
grapphics XP Pro, the other is a Laptop with XP Home. I want both
emails ( OE) to go to both puters starting with me opening the Laptop
first thng in the morning.

Ask Outlook Express questions in an Outlook Express newsgroup.

That said, this is a general mail client issue, not specific to OE. In your
account properties there will be an option to leave a copy of the messages
on the server. You need to enable this option to prevent the mail client
from downloading and then deleting the message from the server. If the
first client deletes the message, obviously it won't be there when the
second client accesses the mailbox.

 

[Micky]

I'm sorry I put this on the wrong Q&A BUT IT STILL CONFUSES ME, when You
say TO enable, Lets call the main computer Desktop ( the main computer) and
the other one Laptop. THe laptop is the one I open in the morning. Which
computer should have the check mark? i want both computers to get the Email
when I open the laptop just no the server's web page
I willl try and find the correct Q & A but for now just help me with ths
question . I can't understand if I enable the Desktop (properties),how would
that stop the email from dropping into the server? Remmber i' not a kid but
am trying to understand
Thanks

 

[Brian Tillman]

I'm sorry I put this on the wrong Q&A BUT IT STILL CONFUSES ME,
when You say TO enable, Lets call the main computer Desktop ( the
main computer) and the other one Laptop. THe laptop is the one I open
in the morning. Which computer should have the check mark?

I would have both, but certainly the first to download the messages will
need to leave copies on the server so that the subsequent client can see
them.

I willl try and find the correct Q & A but for now just help me with ths
question . I can't understand if I enable the Desktop (properties),how
would
that stop the email from dropping into the server? Remmber i' not a kid
but
am trying to understand

I don't understand your reference to "dropping into the server". Mail
clients download incoming mail FROM the server. Only when you have a
message to send does it go TO the server.