Would like to have an internal Email system, is it poss?

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Is there any way of setting up an internal email, so that I don't have to
take up my bandwidth on forwarding emails from my pc to the missus pc, maybe
setting up an email address for just internal communication?

There are times that the missus gets funny emails, and wants to forward them
to me, and vice-versa, but my ISP will be capping upload/download
transmission soon, and i don't want to waste bandwidth externally.

I know I could just drag and drop out the emails from Outlook Express, etc,
but I don't want to...

Can anybody help, and/or point me in the right direction..

Regards.
Paul.
 
Are you talking about two accounts on one computer or two computers
separated by a wall, a mile, or an ocean?
 
If you really really really really want to run your own email server on your home LAN you might look
at the free Mercury Mail Transport
System...

http://www.pmail.com/

Otherwise...

If you simply want to share a single email account setup eac­h machine to leave mail on the server.
One client, however, should be configured to act as the "mas­ter" and have the ability to remove
messages from the server after X days. I use this strategy s­o my wife and I can share one email
account between two XP Pro machines. We do that with Outlook­ 2003, (my machine) and Outlook Express
(her machine).

Point each of the computers to the mail server at your ISP. ­Then on one computer go to "Tools ->
Accounts", highlight the email account, select "Properties -­> Advanced", and check the box to
"Leave a copy of messages on the server". DO NOT check the "Remove ­from server after X day(s)" box.
On the other computer go to "Tools -> Accounts", highlight the emai­l account, select "Properties ->
Advanced" and check the box to "Leave a copy of messages on ­the server". Check the "Remove from
server after X day(s)" box and select how many days to leave­ messages on the server. That way all
computers can read the mail, but only one controls when and/­or if the messages are actually deleted
off of the server.

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Thanks I'll try pmail.

Sooner Al said:
If you really really really really want to run your own email server on
your home LAN you might look at the free Mercury Mail Transport
System...

http://www.pmail.com/

Otherwise...

If you simply want to share a single email account setup eac­h machine to
leave mail on the server.
One client, however, should be configured to act as the "mas­ter" and have
the ability to remove
messages from the server after X days. I use this strategy s­o my wife and
I can share one email
account between two XP Pro machines. We do that with Outlook­ 2003, (my
machine) and Outlook Express
(her machine).

Point each of the computers to the mail server at your ISP. ­Then on one
computer go to "Tools ->
Accounts", highlight the email account, select "Properties -­> Advanced",
and check the box to
"Leave a copy of messages on the server". DO NOT check the "Remove ­from
server after X day(s)" box.
On the other computer go to "Tools -> Accounts", highlight the emai­l
account, select "Properties ->
Advanced" and check the box to "Leave a copy of messages on ­the server".
Check the "Remove from
server after X day(s)" box and select how many days to leave­ messages on
the server. That way all
computers can read the mail, but only one controls when and/­or if the
messages are actually deleted
off of the server.

--

Al Jarvi (MS-MVP Windows Networking)

Please post *ALL* questions and replies to the news group for the mutual
benefit of all of us...
The MS-MVP Program - http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
rights...
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