Although I honestly do not understand why folks like to email themselves I actually have been asked about how to do this on several occasions. The answer depends what form of email is being used. For example is it Microsoft Exchange, POP3, IMAP4, or something else. Lets look at a few scenerios. 1) If you are using Microsoft Exchange this is a very simple operation and is handled for you by Outlook. Everytime Outlook validates your credentials against the Exchange server it will automatically (by default) update all of your folders on the local computer. So if you send yourself an email and that email has not been deleted from the Exchange server then that email will show up in your Inbox (or wherever you designate it be sent) regardless of what computer you log on from. If you are running Outlook in Cached mode then that email will stay on the local computer even after disconnecting from from the Exchange server. 2) If you are using POP3 the email gets downloaded from the POP3 server and is removed from the server by default. So if you compose an email to yourself on computer A then do a send/receive it will be uploaded to the SMTP server and then downloaded back from the POP3 server right back to computer A and then removed from the POP3 server. So if you log onto computer B the email will not be downloaded from the POP3 server because it has already been marked for deletion. To change this behavior, in the advanced tab of the "more settings" dialog of the properties of the email account there is a check box which can be checked which says "Leave a copy of messages on the server". The checkbox that says "Remove after emptying deleted items" box should also be checked. The effect of this is that when you compose and email on computer A and then do a send/receive the email will be uploaded to the SMTP server and downloaded from the POP3 server. However, because of the state of that check box the email will remain on the POP3 server and can be downloaded from the server when accessed on computer B. 3) If using IMAP4 emails really never leave the server and remain on the server until they are purged either manually or automatically. If an item is not marked as deleted it will not get purged and should be available from any computer that can access that email account. One word of caution here is that it is not recommended to have more then one computer logged onto an IMAP4 account at the same time because of the possibility of trying to access an email that has already been purged from another machine. I hope some of this helps but like I said I really don't see the necessity of emailing yourself over a network since it usually is easier to transfer information through the use of network shares. Frank
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Roger Bachelder Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2008 11:47 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [Blind-Computing] Network, emailing issue Hello everyone, I've recently noticed that i have not been able to email from one computer to another on my network. I'm able to email on each computer out of the network, but when i go to email my self or my girls computer it doesn't work. And what is even weirder, i can go to my sent folder in outlook, and the email that i sent myself will be there, but i will never receive the message in my inbox. I'm running windows XP, Outlook 2003, and the free version of Avast. I also did the service pack 3 update. I'm really at a loss here. Can anyone suggest how to go about resolving this issue? Thanks yawl, Roger C Bachelder 3rd [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: http://www.jaws-users.com Visit the Blind Computing home page at: http://www.blind-computing.com Address for the list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject or body of a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Use the following form in order to contact the management team http://www.jaws-users.com/BlindComputing.php If you wish to join the JAWS Users List send a blank email to the following address: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: http://www.jaws-users.com Visit the Blind Computing home page at: http://www.blind-computing.com Address for the list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject or body of a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Use the following form in order to contact the management team http://www.jaws-users.com/BlindComputing.php If you wish to join the JAWS Users List send a blank email to the following address: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
