Computer newbies: Can I access my Outlook e-mail from another computer?
Can I access my Outlook e-mail from another computer?
by eliphant0723 - 1/3/07 5:58 PMHi, I'm going to Florida for a week and I need to know how to access my Outlook e-mail on my friends grandmothers computer. I have Windows XP SP2 with Outlook 2000 and Verizon DSL. My friend tells me his grandmother has dialup but doesn't know what she's using, she just says he & I can use her e-mail but doesn't what she has. Can you please let me know what to look for so I can figure out how I can use my Outlook e-mail on her computer? Thanks, Larry
Re: Outlook remote
by Kees Bakker
- 1/3/07 11:55 PM
In reply to: Can I access my Outlook e-mail from another computer? by eliphant0723
Larry,
The answer depends on the kind of email account YOU have, not on what your friends grandmother has in Florida. Is it is a 'normal' pop3-account, or is it some web-based account like hotmail and gmail. So please tell more (but don't tell your email-address).
Kees
More info on how can I read my Outlook e-mail
by eliphant0723 - 1/6/07 7:51 AM In reply to: Re: Outlook remote by Kees Bakker
I guess the real question is how do I read & use e-mail on another computer since my e-mails transfer from Verizon over into Outlook?
I looked my Outlook issues. I have verizon DSL at home, still don't know yet what ISP I'll be using down in Florida but it sounds like I'll have to use a dial up ISP (I'll find out next week). Now on my Verizon DSL at home, it's set up so my verizon e-mail (username@verizon.net) automatically goes into my Outlook program and that's when I read & use my e-mails. Since all of my mail automatically transfers from Verizon into Outlook I don't use Verizon for reading or using e-mail other than the automatic transfer feature. Thanks, Larry
Larry,, It Doesn't 'Automatically' Transfer From Verizon...
by Grif Thomas - 1/6/07 3:16 PM
In reply to: More info on how can I read my Outlook e-mail by eliphant0723
...to your Outlook.. First, Outlook was originally configured by your or by the Verizon software so it would "find" your Verizon address..Next, in order for it to be downloaded to your Outlook program, you must first open Outlook, and then you must press the "Send/Receive" button while on the internet, at which time it downloads to Outlook.
So at this time, at any other computer in the world, you can choose to access your Verizon mail in a couple of ways.(All have been described in the previous answers.) First point though... The mail that has already been downloaded to your home Outlook program, you will not be able to see.. It's no longer on the Verizon server and as such, if you need a particular message or group of messages from your Outlook program, you'll need to send those messages to yourself so they're placed on the server again making them available to you on your webmail.
Next, all future messages can be accessed by opening your webmail from the link as I described earlier or by configuring the mail program on your new computer (Outlook, Outlook Express, etc.) to download it. In fact, if you'd like to test it at your home computer, click on the webmail link I provided earlier and you should be able to see all mail that's on the server.
Does that now make sense.
Hope this helps.
Grif
Accessing email from afar
by tallin - 1/12/07 2:24 PM In reply to: Re: Outlook remote by Kees Bakker
Hi
Read your thread with interest. I have both gmail, hotmail and Outlook express 6.0. I can access the first two direct from anywhere in the world, and also my ISP'S 'Post office' within my providers account with no problems at all. I always take on floppy or CD (when traveling) my address book from Outlook Express which is most convenient for keeping in touch.
Hey, fellas, don't you think you should FIRST...?
by micheljgaudet - 7/6/08 2:26 AM In reply to: Accessing email from afar by tallinI have been reading all of the responses regarding people asking about their email issues.
I am not an EXPERT by any stretch, but one thing I know... YA' HAVE TO MAKE SURE, when answering a question regarding email, that the little bugger you're answering to KNOWS what-in-the-heck email is!!!
WHAT IS THIS GUY TALKING ABOUT, you might ask?
Simple.
I do not have enough toes and fingers to count how many times I have had to explain that the SOFTWARE is NOT the email PROVIDER! I have to ALWAYS make sure to first say something like, "You DO realise the your <insert email software name here> is NOT where your software GOES to when someone sends you an email, right? The program is only YOUR 'front-end' that FETCHES your email where it is waiting for you, which is at your ISP."
Of course, for Hot-mail, Yahoo, MSN and other such people, there would not be this conversation. I would just say something like, "Why are you concerned about this topic? This has NOTHING to do with what email software is on the OTHER person's system, and ya' don't have to even THINK about your ISP's website. You just GO to your web-based email account like you normally do. And it has NOTHING to do with HOW the person 'surfs' the web. NOW GO!"... lol
It is AMAZING what people go through regarding email. I have found the EASIEST way is to JUST USE THE ISP's email set-up.
No, let's NOT get into the lack-luster FILTERING that MOST ISPs have for us to try setting-up for the SPAM... ewwww.
By-the-way, Portable Thunderbird beats ALL other email software. hands down.
Verizon Has Webmail Options..
by Grif Thomas - 1/4/07 7:20 AM
In reply to: Can I access my Outlook e-mail from another computer? by eliphant0723
Although you may be accustomed to using the Outlook program, if you're using Verizon's e-mail address (yourusername @ verizon.net), Verizon has an online "webmail" option that can be accessed using the link below.. Instead of opening Outlook on the remote computer, simply click on the link, type in your Verizon username and password, then click on "Enter". At the second page, click on the "Folders" link on the left side and you should be able to figure it out from there.
https://sso.verizon.net/ssowebapp/VOLPortalLogin?ActualTarget=https://netservices.verizon.net/portal/verizon/protected/afterssologin.jsp?a=b
You can access your Verizon webmail from any computer in the world.
Hope this helps.
Grif
a reply to: Can I access my Outlook e-mail from another comp
by ron834 - 1/4/07 12:40 PM In reply to: Can I access my Outlook e-mail from another computer? by eliphant0723yes, you can.
in outlook you need to go into the account setting and set it up so that you can leave a copy of the message on the server. Then at your grandma's house you can either go online to get them, or set up outlook down there (remember that when u set it up down there you must choose to leavre a copy of the message on the server)
-Ron
a couple more options...
by santuccie - 1/9/07 3:14 PM In reply to: a reply to: Can I access my Outlook e-mail from another comp by ron834I addressed your scenario some time ago. Personally, I use Thunderbird Portable. A "Lightning" extension gives me the integrated calendar like Outlook has, while another extension (I forget the name) allows me to paste my signature with a keyboard shortcut. There are many more nifties as well. Using Thunderbird Portable, you can carry your e-mail on a flashdrive and use it on any computer just like it's your own.
If you're mostly concerned with the actual text, and not so much with HTML images, you could use JBMail. It doesn't even download the e-mail, so it remains on the server. In addition, it fits on a floppy disk. It's a tiny bit trickier to use, though.
If any of these options interest you, I believe these are your server settings:
Mail server settings
--------------------
Incoming mail server (POP3): incoming.verizon.net
Outgoing mail server (SMTP): outgoing.verizon.net
Your Verizon Online user name
Your Verizon Online password
News server settings
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News (NNTP) server: news.verizon.net
Your Verizon Online user name
Your Verizon Online password
Have fun at your grandmother's house!
What he's trying to tell you about Thunderbird
by Razzl - 1/12/07 6:58 AM In reply to: a couple more options... by santuccieI'm not sure somebody who doesn't have a portable usb flash drive would understand you, so let me expand a little: determine that the computer you'll be using has a usb port (preferably a newer usb 2.0, but since it won't say anywhere on the computer, cross your fingers if they don't know); buy a portable usb flash drive (even the small 215 mb ones will do for just email); plug in your drive at home and download to the drive ("dongle" is what they're commonly called) a copy of Mozilla Thunderbird from any of the numerous frees sites on the web (it's a linux version of Outlook that looks and works the same); in Thunderbird use the toolbar menu to import copies of all your old email from Outlook to Thunderbird, and now you're good to go. You can either just read your new mail from webmail (including, don't forget, at any local library's computers) and download it to your home computer later, keeping the dongle in case you need to refer to old mail, or you can configure the dongle to capture the new mail in Thunderbird and import it from Thunderbird to Outlook when you get back home.
If the usb device says it is "U3 compliant" that means you can download a small version of Thunderbird from the U3 website (U3 is a system that allows large programs to be reduced for use with flash drives).
You might also consider going au naturel in email terms and just logging in to web mail wherever you are and leaving the messages on the web server until you get home (if nobody will be sending you messages with confidential info about accounts).
Would it not be easier???
by Wayne Bernard - 1/12/07 7:46 AM In reply to: Can I access my Outlook e-mail from another computer? by eliphant0723Just to turn off your computer and access it from verizons website? I don't know a lot about computers; but it seems to me that if he turned of his computer that his emails would remain on the verizon server. If this is correct, he would only have to access his verizon account from his friends grandmother's computer. The jumpdrive is still a good idea for saving important email messages. I know it has worked for me, before I bought a laptop to take on all my trips away from home and the office. Hope it works for you too!
Email access from another computer
by edpapp - 1/12/07 3:15 PM In reply to: Can I access my Outlook e-mail from another computer? by eliphant0723An easy way is to leave your home computer connected and access via the GotoMycomputor program which you would install before leaving.
What if?
by tallin - 1/12/07 3:24 PM In reply to: Email access from another computer by edpappNot on for me, what if there is s thunderstorm while I am away, could come back to a computer that was the worse for wear!
Can I access my Outlook e-mail from another computer?
by Dwimar - 1/12/07 6:23 PM In reply to: Can I access my Outlook e-mail from another computer? by eliphant0723All I do is go to mail2web.com. Enter your email address and password you would enter for your isp. Works wherever you are.
Can I access my Outlook E-mail from another computer?
by patricktanhockseng - 1/12/07 6:43 PM In reply to: Can I access my Outlook e-mail from another computer? by DwimarYou may resent the Outlook Mail which you think you would like to use on your holiday. Resent the mail to your own Email account and before the mail is sent by back to you, click the Outlook Email account setup and go to advance and then click Leave a copy. This will help to leave a copy on the net and can be access anywhere you go.
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