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Need help to reassign email to laptop

post #1 of 5
3/13/06 at 11:57pm
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I know this is probable such a newbie questions but how can I assign my laptop as the primary receiver of email? Right now, all email goes to my desktop and never seems to get to my laptop, especially since its not always on but my desktop almost always is. Does any of this make since?
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post #2 of 5
3/14/06 at 1:46am
I assume you're using outlook or something like it?

I use web mail so I can get to it from any computer, and it doesn't clutter up my rig with all that data.
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post #3 of 5
3/14/06 at 2:27am
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yeah, but I sync my pda with outlook. Thats why I'm determined to use outlook otherwise that is the best way
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post #4 of 5
3/14/06 at 7:07pm
Well, sounds like you're on a POP server (which means your messages are permanently off loaded from your mail server to your email client)

Theres two solutions I can think of:
1) Don't start outlook on your desktop, if its not up, it won't pull the messages off the server. Then, when you start your laptop and enter outlook, it'll download all the messages.

2) Switch over to an IMAP server. I don't know if your ISP has this, but if they do, it's much better than POP if you switch computers frequently. IMAP keeps your messages on the server and syncs your computer to the server. Example: Your desktop recieves the messages from the server, then you login to outlook on your laptop and it will also recieve that message.
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post #5 of 5
3/14/06 at 11:18pm
Try this -

In Outlook, select Tools/E-mail Accounts/View or Change Existing E-mail accounts. Select your e-mail account and click Change. Select More Settings and click on the Advanced tab. Under Delivery, check the box that says to leave a copy of messages on the server.

Hope this works. If it does, you will need to go in every so often and clean everything out manually.
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