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Comment from Tom Russell on 2009-07-08

2009-07-08T18:11:47Z

I use Outlook 2003 and a file synchronizer program to keep my .pst files synchronized between my laptop and desktop. That way all of my downloaded gmail mail (plus my calendar and contact info) is always concurrent on both machines.

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Comment from F Mitchell on 2009-07-08

2009-07-08T16:31:50Z

When in Spain&Greece i go on to Yahoo Mail log on and thatis it,no problems up to now.

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Comment from Ursula on 2009-07-08

2009-07-08T10:01:22Z

I have found that Mail2Web lets me access my emails from any computer, anywhere. Even once I've read the emails in Mail2Web and deleted them there, apparently they stay in my Outlook Express Inbox, so if necessary, I can access them there later on. This could potentially create a problem if one is not able to delete emails out of the Outlook Express Inbox very often. I don't know if there is a limit on how many emails can be in the Outlook Express Inbox. When I'm home, Mail2Web comes in handy also, because if I delete emails out of my Outlook Express Inbox and realize later on that I should not have deleted one of them, I can go to the Mail2Web program and it will still be there ....... unless, of course, I deleted all emails out of the Mail2Web inbox already.

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Comment from Fred on 2009-07-08

2009-07-08T09:47:05Z

Whenever I sent messages from Gmail web, it Outlook express would later download these in to inbox, and I'd drag it to sent items. Worked simply and easily.

Of course the reason I sent webmail was to save uploading a video I was forwarding, so I was made to download it instead :(

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Comment from Michael Horowitz on 2009-07-07

2009-07-08T03:38:59Z

I use portable Thunderbird.

When home, I run it off an internal hard disk on my desktop computer. When traveling I copy the portable Thunderbird folder to my laptop. When I get home, I again copy the portable TB folder back to the desktop machine.

In theory it can run from a USB flash drive, but I've found it to be annoyingly slow. On the laptop, the portable TB folder is encrypted with TrueCrypt as are all my data files. As the computer I take with me on trips has changed over time, the system adapts well.

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Comment from Daniel Warrener on 2009-07-07

2009-07-07T23:29:49Z

A trick to use when using POP3 to avoid that "sent items - web only" caveat is to do the following once you return home:

Before doing the following, get your desktop email client to download all incoming mail first as not to get your sent items confused with incoming mail. You might probably want to read all your inbox mail also first, as marking your sent items "UNREAD" as below is to distinguish them and allow them to download obviously as well.

1. On the web based system, mark all the items in the web sent folder as UNREAD.

2. Move them to the inbox.

3. Tell your desktop client you wish to retrieve your email (usually SEND/RECIEVE in Microsoft Outlook)

4. Once downloaded move those items into your Outlook sent folder, highlight them all, and mark as READ.

There you go, that's how you get around that, it's a bit of a pain, but it won't take as long to do as you think. It's probably not practical but it works.

Dan.

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Comment from kptech on 2009-07-07

2009-07-07T18:04:04Z

You might consider using a laptop as your primary system. I'm also in the I/T buisiness and that's what I do. These days, you can get laptops with large displays and large or multiple hard drives. (Mine will even allow dual hard drives configured as a RAID-0 or RAID-1 array). If you travel frequently, you could opt for a smaller laptop and use a docking station or port replicator and an external monitor and keyboard/mouse just like you would a desktop system. As far as backups go... The best use you could put your old desktop to is as a file server to house your backups.

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Comment from Steve on 2009-07-07

2009-07-07T17:54:50Z

If I leave messages on server and then buy a new or additional computer, can I then download only those messages that I want, or do I have to download all the messages on the server to my desk top application (Outlook)

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Comment from Dale O on 2009-07-07

2009-07-07T17:08:50Z

On my desktop, on one of my accounts I have it set to delete items only after 2 days (using Outlook 2003 settings [More settings ... Advanced tab). This allows me to use Thunderbird on my laptop to handle that account's email if I choose, leaving it on the server.

Of course the downside, is what I reply with on my laptop doesn't get to my desktop where the "master" records are. I get around that by ccing myself. The cc comes back to my laptop, but also remains on the server to get pulled in next time I'm at my desktop.

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Comment from Art Bracher on 2009-07-07

2009-07-07T16:55:52Z

My wife gets mail from her two accounts on her desktop via Outlook Express, leaving ALL mail on the web (to be deleted when deleted at the desktop). When traveling, she uses my (our) laptop and ccs herself so that the desktop gets copies of sent mail -- moved to sent mail folder when she returns.

I use four web accounts, funneled into one, leaving mail on that one (deleting on the others). I access my mail from several computers while at home, and our laptop when traveling. I check the secondary accounts to see if something shouldn't have been trashed.

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Comment from Mark Jacobs on 2009-07-05

2009-07-05T20:56:01Z

I use Gmail and another freemail provider with pop and smtp access. I can access my email from the web but since I have a few accounts, I use Thundirbird portable on an USB stick when I use a computer t work or elsewhere. One very important caveat: when setting up your email client eg. T-bird, go back to the setup and CHECK THE LEAVE MAIL ON SERVERBOX otherwise you will not be able to download these again on another machine. I made that mistake once and solved the problem (sort of)by forwarding these emails back to myself. It got them back on the serve but it messed up the dates and the senders as the date was the date I sent it and the sender was myself :-(

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Comment from Eli Coten on 2009-07-04

2009-07-04T19:23:00Z

GMail now offers some offline access for those with Gears installed. This might enable people to use a Webmail only solution.

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