Thank you very much Victor. I will save this and put it on her computer when I get there. Patti ----- Original Message ----- From: "Victor Gouveia" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, April 16, 2007 4:24 AM Subject: [JAWS-Users] Re: Email?
> > Hi Patricia, > > I'm just getting caught up on e-mail, and ran into your message. > > As I have found out recently, Outlook Express is very much portable, more > so > than even I thought. > > One thing you can do is create a new identity on your daughter's computer > in > Outlook Express. > > At that point, when you switch identities, create the account by pressing > alt+T for the tools menu, then the letter A for accounts. > > Once you are on that dialog box, tab over to the add button, or, if you've > already created the account, highlight it in the list and tab to the > properties button. > > Once in the account properties dialog box, edit the name field, as it will > most likely say pop.something.something, blah, blah, blah. > > Once you've edited the field, control+tab over to the servers tab, and > enter > the server address you have set in your Outlook Express at home. > > Tab again to the next field, and enter your daughter's SMTP server address > for outgoing mail. > > once you have done this, tab to the username and password field and enter > it > as you have it on your computer at home. > > Check out the settings your daughter has. > > If it is high speed, she will most likely have to check the box that says > "My Server Requires Authentication". If she does not have high speed > internet, then go ahead and check this box. > > Once you check this box, if you tab again, you'll land on a button that > has > suddenly become available that is titled settings. > > Press the spacebar and you'll be taken to another dialog box that requires > you to make a choice. > > By default, this box is set to "Use the same settings as my incoming mail > server". What you want to do is press the down arrow so it reads, "Log on > using:". > > This will make the edit fields below this checkbox available. > > Once they become available, input your daughter's log on information that > she uses to send mail. > > Obviously, this will require your daughter to give you these settings. > > Please keep in mind to input just your daughter's outgoing mail server. > > If there's any confusion, this is the box which contains the letters SMTP. > > Once you've entered the information, tab to the ok button, and you'll land > on the settings button of the previous dialog box. > > You are pretty much done with this tab , so control+tab over to the > advanced > page, and set the boxes for outgoing mail server port numbers, which is > the > first box you hit once you land on this tab, and enter the information > your > daughter has on her account. > > tab to the checkbox and check or uncheck the box according to what your > daughter has on her account. > > Now, tab again to the incoming mail server port numbers, and enter the > numbers that you have at home in this box. tab again, and set the > checkbox > to what ever it is on your computer at home. > > Once you have done this tab down twice to the server port time-outs > slider, > and press the end key to take it up to 100%, otherwise bulky attachments > may > have to be loaded through web mail. > > Please take note... > > It has been my experience that if you are going to change the numbers for > the incoming and outgoing mail server ports, you should check the boxes if > they require checking, otherwise the boxes above the port numbers will > revert back to the default. > > Other than that, should you want to keep a copy of the messages to > download > to your computer at home when you get back there, check on the box that > says > leave a copy of messages on the server, so by default, this box is not > checked, so if you choose to do this, press the spacebar to check the box. > > Once you have done all of this, you are pretty much finished, so tab to > apply, then shift+tab over to the ok button. This will land you back in > the > accounts dialog box, so tab over to the close button and close it, now you > can go ahead and send and recieve messages at your leisure, and when your > daughter wants to read her mail, she can just switch identities and she > doesn't have to worry about your e-mails or settings. > > That isn't to say that you can't check your e-mail through Outlook Express > without doing all this silly stuff, you can, just copy the account > information you have at home on your account or various accounts into your > new account you have set up on your daughter's computer, but the steps I > have outlined above give you the ability to send, as well as receive, > which > you can't normally do on another person's server. ISP's are notorious for > that, but thanks to A T & T servers, which I happened to get very well > acquainted with lately, I have been able to download my mail using my > laptop > and using the same settings I used with very little modification. > > Before, I could check my mail, I just couldn't respond to them, but now I > can. > > I hope this helps you. > > Victor > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: http://www.jaws-users.com Address for the list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/jaws-users-list%40googlegroups.com/ In order to contact the management team simply fill out the following form found at: http://www.jaws-users.com/contact.php You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "JAWS Users List" group. 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