Re: Possible to access OE on both desktop and wireless notebook??

From: DGuess (majik_at_mindspring.oops)
Date: 08/18/04 

Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2004 19:47:53 -0500

Firewall not blocking port 25? Turn off XP's firewall and test with it.
Also, check the router to see if maybe it's blocking it. Usually just open
Internet Explorer and type in http://192.168.0.1 or http://192.168.0.0
depending upon what the router uses (Linksys is 0.1 and DLink is 0.0 I
believe).

Out of the box, the router usually works okay. So far I've had no problems
setting them up for people. I"ve got one client that uses her laptop to
connect via Remote Desktop to her desktop computer so she can work and still
be seen by the kids instead if being hidden away in her office. Got another
one that likes to take her laptop outside and her husband uses the desktop
computer and they're both online then.

If all is well there, create a new Identity in OE
File | Identity | Manage Identities

Set up the account in it and switch to it. Then test it to read for email
then. It may not be the server name that is the problem but something in the
Internet Accounts Manager. With creating the new Identity, you create a new
Internet Accounts Manager in the Identities subkey for that Identity and
don't use the old location (well, IMAP still does) but this will at least
give us something to test against especially if you have an Internet
connection.

You may have to manually connect to the library but it should auto-detect
the link. If not, the library can help you further on that.

"Phyllis" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:ujPZRCJhEHA.3024@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>I just bought this wireless laptop yesterday so I still don't know much
> about it. I have only used it at home. I have a wireless router
> connected
> to my desktop cable internet connection that I am using to access the
> internet. I can access internet OK, but when I set everything up in my OE
> account, just like my ISP setup is on my desktop OE account, it says the
> server is not a valid server and will not connect to receive e-mail. I
> really had a difficult time understanding/configuring the router. I wish
> someone would come up with an simpler way of explaining things to a
> semi-senior person. :o) Is it possible I have something set up in the
> router that is keeping it from accessing or could it be the XP firewall
> that
> is the problem? I do pretty good with this computer but a lot of it
> sounds
> like Greek.
>
> Where we go for the winter (Gulf Shores, AL), the library there has free
> wireless access out on their patio. How would I do that? Would I just
> tell
> the wireless laptop to access the closest point? I forget how the laptop
> words that, but I hope you know what I mean. Thanks for any help anyone
> can
> give me.
>
>
> "DGuess" <majik@mindspring.oops> wrote in message
> news:OxCu2lHhEHA.596@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
>> Yes, as long as you have an Internet connection and the correct server
>> names/username/passwords you can.
>> Can you access the Internet from the laptop? From any wireless access
> point?
>> Are you using the wireless adapter to your wireless hub to do this or
>> from
> a
>> dial up connection?
>>
>> Getting the account set upo is no problem, setting up the access to the
>> Internet will be what you have to be more concerned with.
>>
>>
>> For shorter trips, if you're running XP, set it up for Remote Desktop and
>> access the whole computer that way. I have one client that does this when
>> they leave for trips. Only problem is, their IP lease expires every four
>> days and someone has to go get the current IP address. Plus the ocmputer
> has
>> to stay running and for three months, there's no guarantee that would
>> happen.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> "Phyllis" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:ePiGUJGhEHA.632@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
>> > Is it possible to access my Outlook Express e-mail account on both my
>> > desktop and my wireless notebook? I have tried to set up my account on
>> > the
>> > notebook and it tells me that my e-mail server is not valid. Just
>> > wondering
>> > because we are going to be away from home for about 3 months in the
> winter
>> > and I will need to access my e-mails. I can do it by webmail on
> internet
>> > but would rather do it through OE if possible. Thanks
>> >
>>
>>
>

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