Sharing a POP3 mail connection amongst 3 PCs.

[Julian Milano]

I have one POP3 email account with my PC, but I tend to use one of three PCs
at home, depending on where I am and what I'm doing. Currently, my main PC
downloads all POP3 emails into a Personal Folder.

Is there anyway to share the POP3 connection connection, ie. have access to
new emails and downloaded ones, for use on the three PCs? I do not want to
setup a 4th PC as a file server because it would not be efficient for me to
have this PC running 24/7 (ie. sharing the PST file).

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Julian Milano
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[Kath Adams]

I have one POP3 email account with my PC, but I tend to use one of
three PCs at home, depending on where I am and what I'm doing.
Currently, my main PC downloads all POP3 emails into a Personal
Folder.

Is there anyway to share the POP3 connection connection, ie. have
access to new emails and downloaded ones, for use on the three PCs? I
do not want to setup a 4th PC as a file server because it would not
be efficient for me to have this PC running 24/7 (ie. sharing the PST
file).


Julian Milano
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[Malke]

I have one POP3 email account with my PC, but I tend to use one of
three PCs at home, depending on where I am and what I'm doing.
Currently, my main PC downloads all POP3 emails into a Personal
Folder.

Is there anyway to share the POP3 connection connection, ie. have
access to new emails and downloaded ones, for use on the three PCs? I
do not want to setup a 4th PC as a file server because it would not be
efficient for me to have this PC running 24/7 (ie. sharing the PST
file).

You didn't say what email client you use, but usually there is an option
so you can leave the messages on the server. That way you can have them
available on any of your pc's. Of course, eventually you will need to
delete the messages from the server. "The server" of course refers to
your ISP's mail server.

Malke

 

[SlowJet]

Hey, I could use that!

How does the ISp server handle the different sets of mail?
Downloads everything each time, comapres, or ???
Deletes, all on server or selected from client?

Assume 3 differnt client mail programs.

thanks,

SJ

 

[Malke]

Hey, I could use that!

How does the ISp server handle the different sets of mail?
Downloads everything each time, comapres, or ???
Deletes, all on server or selected from client?

What do you mean "different sets of mail"? If I understand your question
correctly, that's where you set up filters in your mail client. For
instance, I have 5 different pop mail accounts, all from the same mail
server. I have created filters that say if Recipient is
(e-mail address removed), put it in *this* folder. If Recipient is
(e-mail address removed), put it in *this* folder. If I wanted to get the
mail on my desktop and set the client to leave messages on the server,
those messages get downloaded into my desktop mail client but are not
deleted from the server. Then if I open up my mail client on the
laptop, the *same* messages get downloaded there, acted on by the same
filters. Eventually, you have to go to the mail server via web access
and delete all messages because they will stay there until your mailbox
is full.

HTH,

Malke

 

[SlowJet]

Thanks for the reply.
Not what I was hoping for but I can see the usefulness of it.

I what it to download new mail not on a mail client.
over time the clients would contain all the my mail.
Except for the occational cleanup of the server some clients may be missing
a few e-mails (depending on usage.)
But as long as I download to my main client and then did the server delete
mu main client woulld have all the mail.
But I didn't what to use web based mail to delete or manage.

thanks again,

SJ

 

[Malke]

Thanks for the reply.
Not what I was hoping for but I can see the usefulness of it.

I what it to download new mail not on a mail client.
over time the clients would contain all the my mail.
Except for the occational cleanup of the server some clients may be
missing a few e-mails (depending on usage.)
But as long as I download to my main client and then did the server
delete mu main client woulld have all the mail.
But I didn't what to use web based mail to delete or manage.

The only way I can think of to get what you want - and I am *not* a mail
systems expert by any means - is to run your own mail server. It could
still get the mail from your ISP, but then distribute it in your
organization the way you want. I suppose on Windows that would be an
Exchange server, but I just don't know. Someone more familiar with
Windows mail servers will chime in, I'm sure.

Malke