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by joetempler

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on my primary desktop I use Outlook Express as my mail software. My HP laptop has Vista Windows Mail. I have a xx@sbcglobal.net adddress. I want to be able to go back and forth on either machine to check/create mail. But I am not sure what happens when I check my email on the laptop. Can I still see that same email when I use my desktop? I guess I am asking if sbcglobal.net acts the same as Yahoo or Hotmail, in that I can view/create it from any computer?

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by seanferd

You need to look for that setting in you mail clients - if you download the copy and it is deleted on the server, no, you wont be able to get it off the server again.

by thechas

Windows Mail is pretty much a new name for Outlook Express. Since Outlook Express has little similarity to Outlook, the name change reduces confusion.

You can set up both systems so that the other system will be able to download the messages that you receive.

For either Outlook Express or Windows Mail, click on Tools, Accounts.
Select the account you want to change the properties of and click on properties.
Click on the advanced tab.
Check the box for "Leave a copy of messages on server".

2 things to take note of here.

If you set up both computers to leave a copy of your messages on the server, you will need to log onto the web interface for your mail account and manually delete the messages from time to time.

You will not automatically get a copy of mail that you send on one computer on the other computer. You will need to send a copy to yourself in order to have a copy of sent mail on both computers.

Interestingly with GMail, I do get a copy of messages sent from one computer on my other computer. They even show up on the GMail web interface.

If you do not want to have to manually delete your messages from the mail server, set one computer to leave them on the server and the other to delete them.

Chas

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