Accessing other ISP emails?

Hi
I am going onto broadband next week with a different ISP to my dial up
account and wondered if I can still access my old email address?. Do I
have to manually dial in to the old pop server (Virgin) or is there any
other way please.
Cheers
Steve

On Thu, 14 Jul 2005 22:33:35 GMT,it is alleged that Steve
<(E-Mail Removed)> spake thusly in uk.telecom.broadband:

>Hi
>I am going onto broadband next week with a different ISP to my dial up
>account and wondered if I can still access my old email address?. Do I
>have to manually dial in to the old pop server (Virgin) or is there any
>other way please.
>Cheers
>Steve

You should be able to receive mail just fine from another isp. Sending
mail however won't work unless you change the outgoing (smtp) mail
server to your new isp's.

Example: current setup-

Email address (E-Mail Removed)
Incoming: mail.virgin.net
Outgoing: mail.virgin.net

New setup-

Email address (E-Mail Removed)
Incoming: mail.virgin.net
Outgoing: your_new.isps_smtp.server

HTH

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Thanks again for the help Chip!.
Easy when you know how.
Steve

In message <3LBBe.2136$(E-Mail Removed)>, Steve
<(E-Mail Removed)> writes
>Hi
>I am going onto broadband next week with a different ISP to my dial up
>account and wondered if I can still access my old email address?. Do I
>have to manually dial in to the old pop server (Virgin) or is there any
>other way please.

Most ISPs' will let you fetch email from their servers from any
connection.

For how long they make this available to you is probably a question for
virgin
--
Ian Cummings

Steve <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> Hi
> I am going onto broadband next week with a different ISP to my dial up
> account and wondered if I can still access my old email address?. Do I
> have to manually dial in to the old pop server (Virgin) or is there any
> other way please.
> Cheers
> Steve


You can COLLECT mail from any POP account that you amy have with any
ISP, irrespective of which one you used to make the connection to the
Internet. Just add the new ISP's incoming mail details to your mailer's
accounts section to collect from there as well as the current ISP
(Virgin in your case).

However, you can usually only SEND mail through the outgoing (SMTP)
server of the ISP you use to make the Internet connection. You will
therefore have to change the account details for your current ISP's
incoming mail to arrange for the OUTGOING mail to use a different server
(ie that of your new Broadband ISP).

On Thursday, in article
<dWBBe.1560$(E-Mail Removed)>
(E-Mail Removed) "Steve" wrote:

> Thanks again for the help Chip!.
> Easy when you know how.

Authentication may need to be set up.

Dialling in to an ISP, you'll have used a password, and their POP3
server may not need further password checks.

Connecting from elsewhere, they may require you to set a different
password than for the actual dial-up.

--
David G. Bell -- SF Fan, Filker, and Punslinger.

"I am Number Two," said Penfold. "You are Number Six."

On 15 Jul 2005 07:56, Vernon Quaintance wrote:

>You can COLLECT mail from any POP account that you amy have with any
>ISP, irrespective of which one you used to make the connection to the
>Internet.

That's generally or even overwhelmingly true, but not always - there was the
case of FreeNetName (dial-up) which registered a 'free' .co.uk domain but it
was a condition of use that one dialled in, and they blocked external e-mail
collection... I don't know of others as examples, but someone was recently
commenting on e-mail from another ISP which suggested they might move in a
similar direction.

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"Vernon Quaintance" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:1gzpse3.1h22al919n4042N%(E-Mail Removed).. .

[snip]

> You can COLLECT mail from any POP account that you amy have with any
> ISP, irrespective of which one you used to make the connection to the
> Internet. Just add the new ISP's incoming mail details to your mailer's
> accounts section to collect from there as well as the current ISP
> (Virgin in your case).
>
> However, you can usually only SEND mail through the outgoing (SMTP)
> server of the ISP you use to make the Internet connection. You will
> therefore have to change the account details for your current ISP's
> incoming mail to arrange for the OUTGOING mail to use a different server
> (ie that of your new Broadband ISP).

Alternatively if you use a service like Google Mail you can use this from
anywhere. It uses different ports from the normal 25 (SMTP) and 110 (POP3)
used by most servers.

(If anyone wants a Google account, I still have 50 left to give away..!)

Ivor

In article <3LBBe.2136$(E-Mail Removed)>,
(E-Mail Removed) ...
> Hi
> I am going onto broadband next week with a different ISP to my dial up
> account and wondered if I can still access my old email address?. Do I
> have to manually dial in to the old pop server (Virgin) or is there any
> other way please.

Bear in mind that if your Virgin account is a PAYG dial-up, then
ordinarily you need to dial into said account once every 60 days in
order for them to maintain it. This means actually dialling in via your
modem, and not simply collecting POP email from that account via
whatever method.

From Virgin's T&C's which you no doubt read when signing up:

"Virgin.net may terminate this agreement and the Service or may suspend
all or a part of the Service by immediate notice, if:

2. you have failed to use the Service by direct access in any 60 day
period. All email and webspace (Freespace) content including your email
address will be deleted and will not be retrievable. For the avoidance
of doubt, accessing your account via webmail does not constitute direct
access of the Service"

Hope that helps.

On Fri, 15 Jul 2005 14:08:41 +0100,it is alleged that ComPCs
<(E-Mail Removed)> spake thusly in uk.telecom.broadband:

>In article <3LBBe.2136$(E-Mail Removed)>,
>(E-Mail Removed) ...
>> Hi
>> I am going onto broadband next week with a different ISP to my dial up
>> account and wondered if I can still access my old email address?. Do I
>> have to manually dial in to the old pop server (Virgin) or is there any
>> other way please.
>
>Bear in mind that if your Virgin account is a PAYG dial-up, then
>ordinarily you need to dial into said account once every 60 days in
>order for them to maintain it. This means actually dialling in via your
>modem, and not simply collecting POP email from that account via
>whatever method.
>
>From Virgin's T&C's which you no doubt read when signing up:
>
>"Virgin.net may terminate this agreement and the Service or may suspend
>all or a part of the Service by immediate notice, if:
>
>2. you have failed to use the Service by direct access in any 60 day
>period. All email and webspace (Freespace) content including your email
>address will be deleted and will not be retrievable. For the avoidance
>of doubt, accessing your account via webmail does not constitute direct
>access of the Service"
>
>Hope that helps.

Well spotted in the T&Cs.

Hmm, maybe this could be combined with the 'must make some calls via
BT to be eligible for BT privacy' thread in uk.telecom. Dial into
virgin once per month for 5 mins to check email.

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