Wireless and E-mail

My PC is wired to the router and the laptop is wireless. E-mail settings are
the same on both, but I never get the same e-mails on both computers. Is it
supposed to be that way or is something set wrong?
Thanks,
Dave

You might need to 'check' your POP3 server with 'Leave a copy of message
on server'.

On Sat, 3 Apr 2004, Hairy wrote:

> My PC is wired to the router and the laptop is wireless. E-mail settings are
> the same on both, but I never get the same e-mails on both computers. Is it
> supposed to be that way or is something set wrong?
> Thanks,
> Dave
>
>
>

"JimboLee2@NETZER0@.NET" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:Pine.LNX.4.44.0404031858480.1391-100000@localhost...
> You might need to 'check' your POP3 server with 'Leave a copy of message
> on server'.

Would this need to be done on both computers and on all accounts?
Dave

>
> On Sat, 3 Apr 2004, Hairy wrote:
>
> > My PC is wired to the router and the laptop is wireless. E-mail settings
are
> > the same on both, but I never get the same e-mails on both computers. Is
it
> > supposed to be that way or is something set wrong?
> > Thanks,
> > Dave
> >
> >
> >
>

Yes.

On Sat, 3 Apr 2004, Hairy wrote:

>
> "JimboLee2@NETZER0@.NET" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:Pine.LNX.4.44.0404031858480.1391-100000@localhost...
> > You might need to 'check' your POP3 server with 'Leave a copy of message
> > on server'.
>
> Would this need to be done on both computers and on all accounts?
> Dave
>
> >
> > On Sat, 3 Apr 2004, Hairy wrote:
> >
> > > My PC is wired to the router and the laptop is wireless. E-mail settings
> are
> > > the same on both, but I never get the same e-mails on both computers. Is
> it
> > > supposed to be that way or is something set wrong?
> > > Thanks,
> > > Dave
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
>
>
>

"JimboLee2@NETZER0@.NET" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:Pine.LNX.4.44.0404031958290.1428-100000@localhost...
> Yes.
>

Thanks much,
Dave

> On Sat, 3 Apr 2004, Hairy wrote:
>
> >
> > "JimboLee2@NETZER0@.NET" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> > news:Pine.LNX.4.44.0404031858480.1391-100000@localhost...
> > > You might need to 'check' your POP3 server with 'Leave a copy of
message
> > > on server'.
> >
> > Would this need to be done on both computers and on all accounts?
> > Dave
> >
> > >
> > > On Sat, 3 Apr 2004, Hairy wrote:
> > >
> > > > My PC is wired to the router and the laptop is wireless. E-mail
settings
> > are
> > > > the same on both, but I never get the same e-mails on both
computers. Is
> > it
> > > > supposed to be that way or is something set wrong?
> > > > Thanks,
> > > > Dave
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
>

Hairy wrote:

> My PC is wired to the router and the laptop is wireless. E-mail settings
> are the same on both, but I never get the same e-mails on both computers.
> Is it supposed to be that way or is something set wrong?

That's the way it normally works with POP mail servers. The computer that
connects downloads the messages from the server, which means that those
messages are not available to the next computer that connects. Some mail
clients will allow you to leave the messages on the server for a period of
time, so that those messages will be available to all computers that
connect within that time. A better solution, is to use an IMAP server, if
available. I have my home computer set up to download all my mail and run
my own IMAP server. Then no matter what computer/operating system/mail
client I use, they all see the same messages, including those that have
been filed into different folders.

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Hairy wrote:

>> You might need to 'check' your POP3 server with 'Leave a copy of message
>> on server'.
>
> Would this need to be done on both computers and on all accounts?
>

Yes

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James Knott <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> available. I have my home computer set up to download all my mail and run
> my own IMAP server. Then no matter what computer/operating system/mail
> client I use, they all see the same messages, including those that have
> been filed into different folders.

You're running your own server, so your setup is a little different.
If IMAP was available at your ISP (it is on mine), do you use a set of
folders on the server to hold your mail? Pop3 normally wants to load it
all to the client, wiht the option of leaving it on the server as well.

What about when you are away from the house? If you can connect to the
internet, IMAP would still be viable, but if you can't connect to the
internet, do you have anything on your PC for offline access?

With POP3 download and leave a copy on the server, I've never felt the need
to investigate IMAP. Is it just the extra synchronization of seeing the
same folders on each client? I only have two, and I consider one to be the
primary. I don't file anything on the other PC. In fact, I usually use
the web interface if I'm not at my "main" computer. (SquirrelMail at my
ISP.)

(Not that this has anything to do with wireless.)


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(E-Mail Removed) wrote:

> James Knott <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>> available. I have my home computer set up to download all my mail and
>> run
>> my own IMAP server. Then no matter what computer/operating system/mail
>> client I use, they all see the same messages, including those that have
>> been filed into different folders.
>
> You're running your own server, so your setup is a little different.
> If IMAP was available at your ISP (it is on mine), do you use a set of
> folders on the server to hold your mail? Pop3 normally wants to load it
> all to the client, wiht the option of leaving it on the server as well.

If you're running IMAP, the messages stay on the server and are available to
all computers. You should be able to create folders on the server, as well
as local ones on the computer.
>
> What about when you are away from the house? If you can connect to the
> internet, IMAP would still be viable, but if you can't connect to the
> internet, do you have anything on your PC for offline access?

You should be able to configure your mail client to copy all the messages,
for reading off line.
>
> With POP3 download and leave a copy on the server, I've never felt the
> need
> to investigate IMAP. Is it just the extra synchronization of seeing the
> same folders on each client? I only have two, and I consider one to be
> the
> primary. I don't file anything on the other PC. In fact, I usually use
> the web interface if I'm not at my "main" computer. (SquirrelMail at my
> ISP.)

All the IMAP folders, including sent messages (assuming you configured your
mail client to place them on the IMAP server) are available to all
computers. This is the only way to ensure you can see all your messages on
any computer. I also use web mail on occasion and I have to remember to
send myself a copy, if I want one. Then, when I have access to my own
computers, I then have to manually move that copy to my "Sent" folder.

> (Not that this has anything to do with wireless.)

It also works over wireless. ;-)

In fact, during the warm weather, I often sit out on my balcony, with my
notebook computer and read my mail. I also read newsgroups, but that
requires connecting to the news client on my desktop computer, using ssh &
X, to run that instance, rather than use the news client on my notebook.

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