email

Allen

is there a way to get POP3 email to a mobile phone and also retain the email
on the personal computer.

as a side question, will emails sent from the mobile phone show up on the
personal computer

Todd Allcock

At 23 Jun 2008 18:18:00 -0700 Allen wrote:
> is there a way to get POP3 email to a mobile phone and also retain the
email
> on the personal computer.

Yes, if the device's e-mail client has a "retain messages on server" setting.


However, you'll generally miss e-mail that your PC downloads before your
mobile gets a crack at it. For this, and other reasons, is why IMAP e-mail
is a better choice for mobiles- it's designed for use with many devices
simultaneously, whereas POP was invented in a day where most people didn't
have access to _one_ computer, never mind several!

> as a side question, will emails sent from the mobile phone show up on the
> personal computer

Depends on the provider, and your setup on your PC (whether you "sync" wih
the outgoing server.)

Sven

The way I get around the PoP issues is to have the Pocket PC NOT delete
messages from the server, and my Outlook client set to leave messages on the
server for one day. I have to do a little more message management, but I
don't have the issue of the PC getting the message and deleting it, before
the PPC gets a crack at it.

You can always just set the PPC to not delete messages, assuming that works,
and not leave Outlook running on the desktop while you are out. When you get
home you fire up Outlook and it retrieves all the mail you have already seen
while out.

"Todd Allcock" <elecconnec@AmericaOnLine.com> wrote in message
news:g3pkdd$gqg$1@aioe.org...
> At 23 Jun 2008 18:18:00 -0700 Allen wrote:
>> is there a way to get POP3 email to a mobile phone and also retain the
> email
>> on the personal computer.
>
> Yes, if the device's e-mail client has a "retain messages on server"
> setting.
>
>
> However, you'll generally miss e-mail that your PC downloads before your
> mobile gets a crack at it. For this, and other reasons, is why IMAP
> e-mail
> is a better choice for mobiles- it's designed for use with many devices
> simultaneously, whereas POP was invented in a day where most people didn't
> have access to _one_ computer, never mind several!
>
>> as a side question, will emails sent from the mobile phone show up on the
>> personal computer
>
> Depends on the provider, and your setup on your PC (whether you "sync" wih
> the outgoing server.)
>
>
>
>

Todd Allcock

At 24 Jun 2008 19:57:18 -0600 Sven wrote:
> The way I get around the PoP issues is to have the Pocket PC NOT
> delete messages from the server, and my Outlook client set to leave
> messages on the server for one day.

That's certainly a good suggestion. I get around my POP issues by not
using POP! ;-)

> You can always just set the PPC to not delete messages, assuming
> that works, and not leave Outlook running on the desktop while you
> are out. When you get home you fire up Outlook and it retrieves all
> the mail you have already seen while out.

Another very good suggestion. However, between a couple of mobiles and
three PCs, I'm sticking with IMAP whenever possible!