Emailing accross network

Hi all - new to this so please be patient! Have set up network with pc
running xp pro, notebook running xp home. PC connected to safecom wifi
broadband modem router via ethernet cable, notebook has wifi installed.
Network runs like a dream - folder and printer sharing work perfectly well
as does the shared internet connection. My question is - how do I set up
internal email over my network without using the internet?

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Regards, Coxy.

In article <d1suep$cb7$(E-Mail Removed)>, "Coxy"
(E-Mail Removed) says...
> Hi all - new to this so please be patient! Have set up network with pc
> running xp pro, notebook running xp home. PC connected to safecom wifi
> broadband modem router via ethernet cable, notebook has wifi installed.
> Network runs like a dream - folder and printer sharing work perfectly well
> as does the shared internet connection. My question is - how do I set up
> internal email over my network without using the internet?
>
>
You need to run a mail server. But why do you want to email someone
in the same house?

On Thu, 24 Mar 2005 05:08:57 -0000, Rob Morley <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

> But why do you want to email someone
>in the same house?

so they read it when they get home and you've gone out ?? to forward
something you received ?

A mail server like Mercury www.pmail.com running on one machine would
provide an internal mail service and collect mail from outside too.

Phil
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spamcop.net address commissioned 18/06/04
Come on down !

[snip]
> so they read it when they get home and you've gone out ?? to forward
> something you received ?
>
> A mail server like Mercury www.pmail.com running on one machine would
> provide an internal mail service and collect mail from outside too.
>
> Phil
> --
> spamcop.net address commissioned 18/06/04
> Come on down !

But surely with ADSL, an external e-mail server will be good enough and not
require someone to configure and maintain it. Sending from "Mr A" to "Ms B"
via an external server is unlikely to be much slower than using an internal
server - unless the line goes dead of course ;-).

Oh, but they probably have a single external e-mail account don't they!
Hotmail I suppose or maybe find a free-ish POP3 account?

Paul DS.

In article <424282d6$0$2761$(E-Mail Removed) >, "Paul
D.Smith" (E-Mail Removed) says...
> [snip]
> > so they read it when they get home and you've gone out ?? to forward
> > something you received ?
> >
> > A mail server like Mercury www.pmail.com running on one machine would
> > provide an internal mail service and collect mail from outside too.
> >
> > Phil
> > --
> > spamcop.net address commissioned 18/06/04
> > Come on down !
>
> But surely with ADSL, an external e-mail server will be good enough and not
> require someone to configure and maintain it. Sending from "Mr A" to "Ms B"
> via an external server is unlikely to be much slower than using an internal
> server - unless the line goes dead of course ;-).
>
> Oh, but they probably have a single external e-mail account don't they!
>
In that case why not just set the mail clients to leave a copy on the
server, and delete when deleted locally?

Paul D.Smith wrote:
> [snip]
>> so they read it when they get home and you've gone out ?? to forward
>> something you received ?
>>
>> A mail server like Mercury www.pmail.com running on one machine would
>> provide an internal mail service and collect mail from outside too.
>>
>> Phil
>> --
>> spamcop.net address commissioned 18/06/04
>> Come on down !
>
> But surely with ADSL, an external e-mail server will be good enough
> and not require someone to configure and maintain it. Sending from
> "Mr A" to "Ms B" via an external server is unlikely to be much slower
> than using an internal server - unless the line goes dead of course
> ;-).
>
> Oh, but they probably have a single external e-mail account don't
> they! Hotmail I suppose or maybe find a free-ish POP3 account?
>
> Paul DS.

I run my own mail server, Kerio, it's cheap, easy, reasonably resource
light, and supports WAP etc.

Sending mail to my g/f is much quicker, I'm sending through a local server
with all the connections at 100Mb/s, though it makes a difference only
occasionally when moving large docs around.

I use Kerio because I got the license for work, but there are several free
apps out there that will do a similar job for you.

It picks up all my external POP3 mail and redirects it to internal
addresses, so any accounts that are unavailable when I'm online will get
checked as soon as they are back online. It also retries my SMTP sending
until it gets through.

It scans all incoming mail with the built-in McAfee and system Symantec
engines and checks it against several spam lists.

I can connect to it from my phone (something I'll admit i do rarely), and I
can connect to my secure webmail server, making all my accounts available
from anywhere I can get online.

If you have a pc on 24/7 running ICS or such then it's a great way to
centralise and streamline access to your mail, if not it'll be a pain
switching it on whenever somebody on your network wants their mail.

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Alan

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Regards, Coxy.


"Alan" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:vTD0e.529$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Paul D.Smith wrote:
>> [snip]
>>> so they read it when they get home and you've gone out ?? to forward
>>> something you received ?
>>>
>>> A mail server like Mercury www.pmail.com running on one machine would
>>> provide an internal mail service and collect mail from outside too.
>>>
>>> Phil
>>> --
>>> spamcop.net address commissioned 18/06/04
>>> Come on down !
>>
>> But surely with ADSL, an external e-mail server will be good enough
>> and not require someone to configure and maintain it. Sending from
>> "Mr A" to "Ms B" via an external server is unlikely to be much slower
>> than using an internal server - unless the line goes dead of course
>> ;-).
>>
>> Oh, but they probably have a single external e-mail account don't
>> they! Hotmail I suppose or maybe find a free-ish POP3 account?
>>
>> Paul DS.
>
> I run my own mail server, Kerio, it's cheap, easy, reasonably resource
> light, and supports WAP etc.
>
> Sending mail to my g/f is much quicker, I'm sending through a local server
> with all the connections at 100Mb/s, though it makes a difference only
> occasionally when moving large docs around.
>
> I use Kerio because I got the license for work, but there are several free
> apps out there that will do a similar job for you.
>
> It picks up all my external POP3 mail and redirects it to internal
> addresses, so any accounts that are unavailable when I'm online will get
> checked as soon as they are back online. It also retries my SMTP sending
> until it gets through.
>
> It scans all incoming mail with the built-in McAfee and system Symantec
> engines and checks it against several spam lists.
>
> I can connect to it from my phone (something I'll admit i do rarely), and
> I can connect to my secure webmail server, making all my accounts
> available from anywhere I can get online.
>
> If you have a pc on 24/7 running ICS or such then it's a great way to
> centralise and streamline access to your mail, if not it'll be a pain
> switching it on whenever somebody on your network wants their mail.
>
> --
> Alan
>
> (E-Mail Removed)
>
I want to practice on my home network so I can set up an office network with
the minimum fuss and disruption!

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Regards, Coxy.


"Phil Thompson" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> On Thu, 24 Mar 2005 05:08:57 -0000, Rob Morley <(E-Mail Removed)>
> wrote:
>
>> But why do you want to email someone
>>in the same house?
>
> so they read it when they get home and you've gone out ?? to forward
> something you received ?
>
> A mail server like Mercury www.pmail.com running on one machine would
> provide an internal mail service and collect mail from outside too.
>
> Phil
> --
> spamcop.net address commissioned 18/06/04
> Come on down !

Any idea how to configure this program? Setup requires email address for
network configuration. Why would you need this? I only want to set up an
internal server. User interface looks ok but not much else!

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Regards, Coxy.


"Coxy" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>
>
> --
> Regards, Coxy.
>
>
> "Phil Thompson" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> On Thu, 24 Mar 2005 05:08:57 -0000, Rob Morley <(E-Mail Removed)>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> But why do you want to email someone
>>>in the same house?
>>
>> so they read it when they get home and you've gone out ?? to forward
>> something you received ?
>>
>> A mail server like Mercury www.pmail.com running on one machine would
>> provide an internal mail service and collect mail from outside too.
>>
>> Phil
>> --
>> spamcop.net address commissioned 18/06/04
>> Come on down !
>
> Any idea how to configure this program? Setup requires email address for
> network configuration. Why would you need this? I only want to set up an
> internal server. User interface looks ok but not much else!
>
Sorry - wrong program, duh!

On Thu, 24 Mar 2005 19:59:54 -0000, "Coxy"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>Sorry - wrong program, duh!

your postings are upside down mate, we get a sig at the top that looks
like you forgot to write something, then hidden at the bottom is your
reply. A bit of "trimming of the fat" in qouted material would help.

Phil
--
spamcop.net address commissioned 18/06/04
Come on down !