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by john

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I am based in the UK and use a UK ISP (ClaraNet). I was advised on subscribing that the ISP provides global roaming facilities. In fact it provides the facility only in parts of Europe! Later this year, I shall be going to the USA for 2 periods of about a month each. When I am there I want to be able to access my email and attachments, keeping all my sent and received email. If as seems likely, I have to use my browser (IE5.5) to access email my email will be deleted from the server as it is read. ClaraNet's solution is to use their UK access number (an international call from the USA). This seems likely to cost an arm and a leg! Does anyone have any suggestions on how I can use my email client (Outlook 2000) to get my email so that I can store it on my laptop ..... as I used to when I was with Pipex ...... at a reasonable cost?

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by thechas

I see 2 ways to go.

Start up a Yahoo email account, and forward any mail that you want to keep to your home acount.

Start a Yahoo account, and pay for the capacity that you need.

You can access a Yahoo mail account from any PC that can connect to the web.

Chas

by catmanth

hi,
also to ways :)
normally the mailbox should be reachable be any pop3 client (like Outlook) from any place in the world. If the ISP don't block your dialin provider. In this case you have nothing to change on your configuration. But you need antemporary dialin account in USA. I'm not shure if a AOL account is working, but test it. It is possible to test from UK also. If you have a fried with an dialin account, go to him use his account on your notebook for dialin. Then Outlook should pickup the email.
The 2nd way. But you need also a dialin account.
Create an automatic forward of your emails at the home account to your new email address. The other person advice you to use yahoo, but the have changed there policity. I use in this case gmx.net (www.gmx.net) it is free and normaly very fast. Then you can also download the emails via outlook from this account.
Any questions more, please give me a short notice.
Cu Gilbert

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