I have had my home tower pc (Vista Home Premium) for a long time and have
lots of e-mail folders on it (Windows Mail).

I have just purchased a new laptop that also has Vista Home Premium and
Windows Mail on it. The laptop is "connected" to the tower with a wireless
router, and I am able to access the tower to open all kinds of files and
folders.

Is there a way, however, for me to use my laptop to gain access to the
tower's e-mail folders? (I know about leaving messages on server, and
deleting in x days).

Help would be appreciated.

Although you can access the raw .eml files, it is not a very good experience.
For one thing, the file names have cryptic hexadecimal names.
You can access the .eml files here:
C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows Mail\Local Folders.

--
Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP (Mail)


"ppeett" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:20EEF067-2AD4-4635-9D91-(E-Mail Removed)...
>I have had my home tower pc (Vista Home Premium) for a long time and have
> lots of e-mail folders on it (Windows Mail).
>
> I have just purchased a new laptop that also has Vista Home Premium and
> Windows Mail on it. The laptop is "connected" to the tower with a wireless
> router, and I am able to access the tower to open all kinds of files and
> folders.
>
> Is there a way, however, for me to use my laptop to gain access to the
> tower's e-mail folders? (I know about leaving messages on server, and
> deleting in x days).
>
> Help would be appreciated.

Thanks for your inputs, Gary. I went to the directory that you mentioned and
then tried to "share" the relevant folders, but I got a message back that it
couldn't "share" the folders (despite my having earmarked "everyone", etc.,
as "co-owners".

I don't know if there is a way of accessing the actual repository of the
folders/files from a remote laptop....

If you have any add'l suggestions, please let me know.

Thnx

Peter

"Gary VanderMolen" wrote:

> Although you can access the raw .eml files, it is not a very good experience.
> For one thing, the file names have cryptic hexadecimal names.
> You can access the .eml files here:
> C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows Mail\Local Folders.
>
> --
> Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP (Mail)
>
>
> "ppeett" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:20EEF067-2AD4-4635-9D91-(E-Mail Removed)...
> >I have had my home tower pc (Vista Home Premium) for a long time and have
> > lots of e-mail folders on it (Windows Mail).
> >
> > I have just purchased a new laptop that also has Vista Home Premium and
> > Windows Mail on it. The laptop is "connected" to the tower with a wireless
> > router, and I am able to access the tower to open all kinds of files and
> > folders.
> >
> > Is there a way, however, for me to use my laptop to gain access to the
> > tower's e-mail folders? (I know about leaving messages on server, and
> > deleting in x days).
> >
> > Help would be appreciated.
>

You can't share those files over a network. Windows Mail requires
its files to reside on a local hard drive.

In order to have multiple computers share the same mail folders,
you would need an IMAP account instead of a POP account.
You can get a free IMAP account from Gmail.

--
Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP (Mail)


"ppeett" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:3E70B9BB-6D68-4FB0-B86B-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Thanks for your inputs, Gary. I went to the directory that you mentioned and
> then tried to "share" the relevant folders, but I got a message back that it
> couldn't "share" the folders (despite my having earmarked "everyone", etc.,
> as "co-owners".
>
> I don't know if there is a way of accessing the actual repository of the
> folders/files from a remote laptop....
>
> If you have any add'l suggestions, please let me know.
>
> Thnx
>
> Peter
>
> "Gary VanderMolen" wrote:
>
>> Although you can access the raw .eml files, it is not a very good experience.
>> For one thing, the file names have cryptic hexadecimal names.
>> You can access the .eml files here:
>> C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows Mail\Local Folders.
>>
>> --
>> Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP (Mail)
>>
>>
>> "ppeett" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:20EEF067-2AD4-4635-9D91-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> >I have had my home tower pc (Vista Home Premium) for a long time and have
>> > lots of e-mail folders on it (Windows Mail).
>> >
>> > I have just purchased a new laptop that also has Vista Home Premium and
>> > Windows Mail on it. The laptop is "connected" to the tower with a wireless
>> > router, and I am able to access the tower to open all kinds of files and
>> > folders.
>> >
>> > Is there a way, however, for me to use my laptop to gain access to the
>> > tower's e-mail folders? (I know about leaving messages on server, and
>> > deleting in x days).
>> >
>> > Help would be appreciated.
>>

Thanks for steering me in that new direction..... I'll check it out

Peter

"Gary VanderMolen" wrote:

> You can't share those files over a network. Windows Mail requires
> its files to reside on a local hard drive.
>
> In order to have multiple computers share the same mail folders,
> you would need an IMAP account instead of a POP account.
> You can get a free IMAP account from Gmail.
>
> --
> Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP (Mail)
>
>
> "ppeett" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:3E70B9BB-6D68-4FB0-B86B-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Thanks for your inputs, Gary. I went to the directory that you mentioned and
> > then tried to "share" the relevant folders, but I got a message back that it
> > couldn't "share" the folders (despite my having earmarked "everyone", etc.,
> > as "co-owners".
> >
> > I don't know if there is a way of accessing the actual repository of the
> > folders/files from a remote laptop....
> >
> > If you have any add'l suggestions, please let me know.
> >
> > Thnx
> >
> > Peter
> >
> > "Gary VanderMolen" wrote:
> >
> >> Although you can access the raw .eml files, it is not a very good experience.
> >> For one thing, the file names have cryptic hexadecimal names.
> >> You can access the .eml files here:
> >> C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows Mail\Local Folders.
> >>
> >> --
> >> Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP (Mail)
> >>
> >>
> >> "ppeett" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:20EEF067-2AD4-4635-9D91-(E-Mail Removed)...
> >> >I have had my home tower pc (Vista Home Premium) for a long time and have
> >> > lots of e-mail folders on it (Windows Mail).
> >> >
> >> > I have just purchased a new laptop that also has Vista Home Premium and
> >> > Windows Mail on it. The laptop is "connected" to the tower with a wireless
> >> > router, and I am able to access the tower to open all kinds of files and
> >> > folders.
> >> >
> >> > Is there a way, however, for me to use my laptop to gain access to the
> >> > tower's e-mail folders? (I know about leaving messages on server, and
> >> > deleting in x days).
> >> >
> >> > Help would be appreciated.
> >>
>

You're very welcome. Peter.
Let us know if you need additional help.

--
Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP (Mail)


"ppeett" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:7FDB8484-79E4-4762-B0DB-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Thanks for steering me in that new direction..... I'll check it out
>
> Peter
>
> "Gary VanderMolen" wrote:
>
>> You can't share those files over a network. Windows Mail requires
>> its files to reside on a local hard drive.
>>
>> In order to have multiple computers share the same mail folders,
>> you would need an IMAP account instead of a POP account.
>> You can get a free IMAP account from Gmail.
>>
>> --
>> Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP (Mail)
>>
>>
>> "ppeett" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:3E70B9BB-6D68-4FB0-B86B-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> > Thanks for your inputs, Gary. I went to the directory that you mentioned and
>> > then tried to "share" the relevant folders, but I got a message back that it
>> > couldn't "share" the folders (despite my having earmarked "everyone", etc.,
>> > as "co-owners".
>> >
>> > I don't know if there is a way of accessing the actual repository of the
>> > folders/files from a remote laptop....
>> >
>> > If you have any add'l suggestions, please let me know.
>> >
>> > Thnx
>> >
>> > Peter
>> >
>> > "Gary VanderMolen" wrote:
>> >
>> >> Although you can access the raw .eml files, it is not a very good experience.
>> >> For one thing, the file names have cryptic hexadecimal names.
>> >> You can access the .eml files here:
>> >> C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows Mail\Local Folders.
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP (Mail)
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> "ppeett" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:20EEF067-2AD4-4635-9D91-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> >> >I have had my home tower pc (Vista Home Premium) for a long time and have
>> >> > lots of e-mail folders on it (Windows Mail).
>> >> >
>> >> > I have just purchased a new laptop that also has Vista Home Premium and
>> >> > Windows Mail on it. The laptop is "connected" to the tower with a wireless
>> >> > router, and I am able to access the tower to open all kinds of files and
>> >> > folders.
>> >> >
>> >> > Is there a way, however, for me to use my laptop to gain access to the
>> >> > tower's e-mail folders? (I know about leaving messages on server, and
>> >> > deleting in x days).
>> >> >
>> >> > Help would be appreciated.
>> >>
>>