I have Outlook Express running on on PC and the laptop.

24 Sep 2006 11:00 PM

Irv

I have a Linksys Wireless-G and a Linksys access point; two cabled PCs and on
Centrino laptop.

The laptop gets all or most of the mail.

Why is it the laptop and not the PC?

Thanks, Irv

24 Sep 2006 11:38 PM

Steve Winograd [MVP]

In article <EFE08670-3BA8-40A9-9E74-51B8263D5***@microsoft.com>, Irv
<I**@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>I have a Linksys Wireless-G and a Linksys access point; two cabled PCs and on
>Centrino laptop.
>
>The laptop gets all or most of the mail.
>
>Why is it the laptop and not the PC?
>
>Thanks, Irv

By default, Outlook Express removes messages from the server when you
check for new messages. If you run OE on one computer, it gets the
messages. If you run OE on the other computer later, the messages
aren't on the server any more and aren't available to the other
computer.

Here are two different solutions to the problem:

1. Access your E-mail account through an IMAP server, not through a
POP3 server. With IMAP, messages stay on the server.

or:

2. Use a POP3 server and configure OE on each computer to leave a copy
of messages on the server. That setting is on the Advanced tab of the
account properties. Also, pick one of the options for when to remove
messages from the server so that saved messages don't eventually
exceed the server's storage capacity.

25 Sep 2006 2:56 AM

Irv

Thank you, but does the choice of where the email goes have something t do
with the IP address of each PC; if yes how could the sequence be reversed?

Again thansk, Irv

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"Steve Winograd [MVP]" wrote:

> In article <EFE08670-3BA8-40A9-9E74-51B8263D5***@microsoft.com>, Irv
> <I**@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> >I have a Linksys Wireless-G and a Linksys access point; two cabled PCs and on
> >Centrino laptop.
> >
> >The laptop gets all or most of the mail.
> >
> >Why is it the laptop and not the PC?
> >
> >Thanks, Irv
>
> By default, Outlook Express removes messages from the server when you
> check for new messages. If you run OE on one computer, it gets the
> messages. If you run OE on the other computer later, the messages
> aren't on the server any more and aren't available to the other
> computer.
>
> Here are two different solutions to the problem:
>
> 1. Access your E-mail account through an IMAP server, not through a
> POP3 server. With IMAP, messages stay on the server.
>
> or:
>
> 2. Use a POP3 server and configure OE on each computer to leave a copy
> of messages on the server. That setting is on the Advanced tab of the
> account properties. Also, pick one of the options for when to remove
> messages from the server so that saved messages don't eventually
> exceed the server's storage capacity.
>

25 Sep 2006 4:03 AM

Steve Winograd [MVP]

In article <0C279892-6E64-456D-B359-ACE5F0A70***@microsoft.com>, Irv
<I**@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
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>> >I have a Linksys Wireless-G and a Linksys access point; two cabled PCs and on
>> >Centrino laptop.
>> >
>> >The laptop gets all or most of the mail.
>> >
>> >Why is it the laptop and not the PC?
>> >
>> >Thanks, Irv
>>
>> By default, Outlook Express removes messages from the server when you
>> check for new messages. If you run OE on one computer, it gets the
>> messages. If you run OE on the other computer later, the messages
>> aren't on the server any more and aren't available to the other
>> computer.
>>
>> Here are two different solutions to the problem:
>>
>> 1. Access your E-mail account through an IMAP server, not through a
>> POP3 server. With IMAP, messages stay on the server.
>>
>> or:
>>
>> 2. Use a POP3 server and configure OE on each computer to leave a copy
>> of messages on the server. That setting is on the Advanced tab of the
>> account properties. Also, pick one of the options for when to remove
>> messages from the server so that saved messages don't eventually
>> exceed the server's storage capacity.
>
>Thank you, but does the choice of where the email goes have something t do
>with the IP address of each PC; if yes how could the sequence be reversed?
>
>Again thansk, Irv

You're welcome, Irv. The IP address of each PC has nothing to do with
where E-mail goes.

I'm assuming that you use Outlook Express on both computers to read
mail for the same account(s). If so, either of the solutions that I
gave will let you read the same messages on both computers. If my
assumption is wrong or if what I said isn't clear, please post a news
group reply with details.