Getting Email From Another PC.

[Chip Fossa]

I'm going down Maine soon, so I was wondering about this.

I have W7, POP3, Mailwasher, and Thunderbird.

What's the deal with: www.mail2web.com

Would it be better to try to access MW or just go for TB?

I want the easiest, painless way to go.

What I'm getting at, is I don't want to go in and confuse either MW or TB by having to readjust my settings as they are now. I got UNs and PWs, but I don't think I have that hateful LOGIN name! In either one.

This is not that important. So, that's what I'm saying. I don't want to go through a big rigamarole to be able to do this.

Thanks all.

Appreciate any advice or comments.

[Ron Victoria]

This probably isn't what you are asking but whenever I go away I just have my mail forwarded from Verizon to Yahoo.ron

[Bent Romnes]

I always do my email on the rogers/yahoo! website
That way there is no hassle with email clients. Doesn't matter where I am in the world, I get on the web mail and it's just like being at home.

Another thing...the web mail stores all your email if you want it to, that way your computer is un-cluttered.
For me it has become the only way.

[Chip Fossa]

Thanks , but no help!

I'm what they call a client. THUNDERBIRD;
NOT WEB!!

I'm not gonna change things around now.

[Wiz Feinberg]

I can help. You need to know the ISP to which you are going to be connected, in Maine. Contact them and ask what changes must be made to your existing email settings, to send and receive mail through their equipment. They will probably tell you that the only thing you MUST change is your outgoing mail port and method. They will advice you on whether your current ISP settings will still work the same.

I have traveled on the road and read and sent email from two dozen accounts. Sometimes I had to change the outgoing ports to 26, instead of 25. No big deal. Incoming usually stays the same for POP3 email servers.

[Chip Fossa]

Thanks Wiz,

I have looked all through my TB "Preferences" and have not seen any PORT listing.

I'm aware of PORTS.

But, that's about it, Amigo.

[Wiz Feinberg]

Thanks Wiz,

I have looked all through my TB "Preferences" and have not seen any PORT listing.

I'm aware of PORTS.

But, that's about it, Amigo. :\

Ports are not preferences. They are settings for email accounts. Check all settings for your email accounts. Somewhere there will be a tab that allows you to set or change the incoming and outgoing port numbers and methods, as per the instructions from your ISPs.

Most ISPs now block outgoing port 25, as it is a standard port that is used by Spambots to send mass mail from zombie computers. Your ISP may have sent you a message instructing you to use a higher port for outgoing mail, and perhaps also for incoming mail. Some ISPs now require SSL encryption as well as non-standard ports for POP and SMTP traffic.

[Jon Moen]

Chip,
I believe all internet providers allow browser access to your email. My provider calls it webmail. You go to the webmail site for your provider from anywhere in the world. Type in your username and password and you can view or send emails. You can leave the messages on the providers server until you decide to delete them, or retrieve them later on with your regular email program.

If you go to a browser search window and type in your providers name and "webmail" you will probably find it easily.

[Chip Fossa]

Thanks everybody.

I just got off a "Chat" with Kristine from Comcast. She said I should change my Outgoing Mail SMTP Port# [I found it, it was 25] to 587 (WOW!).

Then she said I might have to re-set up Thunderbird.(ugh - no time, and too much agony)

That's when I ended the session.

I'm heading out in about an hour.

When I get to Maine, I can review all your tips again, and then see what flies.