Re: How to set up OE 6 email to work on a laptop using different IP'S on the same server?

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From: DGuess (majik_at_mindspring.oops)
Date: 12/12/04 

Date: Sun, 12 Dec 2004 11:55:37 -0600

Turn off email checking Tools | Options | General tab
ucheck Send and receive at start up and uncheck check for new messages every
xxx minutes.

Tirn off email checking (Tools | Accounts | Mail | <account name> |
Properties
Uncheck "Include this account......."

Now, just click the small arrow next to the Send/Recv button and select the
account you want to check.

"BBTACO" <BBTACO@SPAMNOT.COM> wrote in message
news:JJKdnYiDrqHT1SHcRVn-sg@comcast.com...
>I am having trouble setting up a laptop to check email from inside our
>office and from "on the road." The email from in the office is checked
>using a wired LAN IP address for the server, example 192.x.x.x . If checked
>while traveling and using a wireless hotspot it uses a web IP address. If I
>have both IP addresses set up to be included when checking the email. I get
>an error saying that it cannot connect to one or the other (depends on
>where it is checked from). I have tried checking them individually, but
>depending on which account is the default, I still get an error saying it
>cannot send email from the outbox. Is there a way to set it up where it
>will send and receive the email on the server from both IP addresses? The
>IT person says if it is setup to only use the web IP. That it will not work
>in the office. Thanks for any help you may offer.
>
>

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