Free EMail client solution.

Chandler_90 · 13 Feb 2008 at 20:30

My father runs a small business and has just invested in a laptop to run in his office side by side with a Dell desktop PC.
I've already thought about a wireless link to his net connection.

Now he would like to answer emails from this laptop however.. here comes the problem.. He is currently running outlook express.. which I believe means that emails can only be downloaded to one client.. either the laptop or the PC.

Or is there a way to create mails files on the office PC which are then read by the laptop?

Other than that I may have to invest or find a email client to use in the mean time...

Alopogies for the rushed description.. the misses has me running chores lol.

Thanks for any help..

allllec · 13 Feb 2008 at 20:32

go into options and look for "leave a copy of email on the server"

Im sure you can guess what it means

should fulfill your needs,

Paul91 · 13 Feb 2008 at 20:33

Try Thunberbird.

You could just set up the account on there, so you have the same account setup in two places.

EDIT: I'll just grab my coat and go...

Chandler_90 · 13 Feb 2008 at 21:15

AWESOME!

Thanks a lot guys.. didn't know I could do that.
However.. how do you then remove the files from the server to stop clogging up with old data?

Paul91 · 13 Feb 2008 at 23:37

Chandler_90 said:
AWESOME!

Thanks a lot guys.. didn't know I could do that.
However.. how do you then remove the files from the server to stop clogging up with old data?

Remove Old Mail Automatically in Mozilla Thunderbird

To make Mozilla Thunderbird delete old messages in a folder automatically:

Click on the desired folder with the right mouse button.
Select Properties... from the menu.
Go to the Retention Policy tab.
Make sure Use server defaults is not checked.
Check either Delete all but the last __ messages or Delete messages more than __ days old.
Enter the desired time or message count.
Keeping about 30 days or 900 messages in a Trash folder usually works fine.
Click OK.

Bossk128 · 14 Feb 2008 at 10:06

The best (but probably not free) way to do this is get rid of what sounds like a POP3 email account and get one that is IMAP.

Gmail (free) is accessable through imap clients such as Thunderbird. If privacy is an issue, use GnuPGP combined with Enigmail (a plugin for Thunderbird). Mails are available from any online location (and can be cached by Thunderbird for offline use). You can use any number of email clients, or a net browser.

MarcLister · 14 Feb 2008 at 20:08

Bossk128 said:
The best (but probably not free) way to do this is get rid of what sounds like a POP3 email account and get one that is IMAP.

Gmail (free) is accessable through imap clients such as Thunderbird. If privacy is an issue, use GnuPGP combined with Enigmail (a plugin for Thunderbird). Mails are available from any online location (and can be cached by Thunderbird for offline use). You can use any number of email clients, or a net browser.

Spot on!