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VanguardLH

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How can I access my email from two computers
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Define an e-mail account in whatever e-mail client you have on the
other computer just like you did on the first computer.

If, however, you want to SHARE the same account then you will need to
switch from using POP3 access to using IMAP4. POP3 assumes a single
endpoint for where the mails will be retrieved and stored locally.
IMAP4 keeps the messages up on the server and locally replicates the
folder hierarchy up there so you can see the same messages and
hierarchy on multiple e-mail clients (whether on the same or different
hosts). You can configure POP3 to "leave messages on server" so
multiple POP3 clients can retrieve the same messages but then it is up
to you do perform the delete function since you just configured the
POP3 client to not delete after retrieving the mails.
 
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dhpt

I have a router between the two computers that has a usb port for storage.
Can I not move the folders for the email to the storage and have both clients
access the same folder? If this is possible, would the two clients not have
to be close to the exact same program so that the shared folder would be
compatible?...your thoughts? Thanks for your help.
 
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VanguardLH

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I have a router between the two computers that has a usb port for
storage.
Can I not move the folders for the email to the storage and have
both clients
access the same folder? If this is possible, would the two clients
not have
to be close to the exact same program so that the shared folder
would be
compatible?...your thoughts? Thanks for your help.
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Highly unlikely that a USB port on a router has an OS behind it that
handles a USB device as a drive. It is a USB port to connect to a USB
port on your computer to network connectivity, not supporting drives.
Also, how would a drive connected to a router, if even supported, help
with providing you a drive on your computer? Or did you mean the
computers have USB ports (you said "has" which would refer to the
single router rather than "have" which would refer to the "two
computers")?

You could copy the .pst file around to different hosts by putting it
onto a USB thumb drive. A problem could prop up where Outlook
couldn't find the .pst file because the drive letter assigned could be
different even on the same computer depending on when you plugged in
the USB thumb drive. Also, don't rely on flash drives to provide for
permanent storage of valuable data; see
http://preview.tinyurl.com/2nggse.

Read
http://searchexchange.techtarget.com/tip/0,289483,sid43_gci1286492,00.html.
 
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Oliver Vukovics [Public Shareware]

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