Re: Multiple Email Clients - a slightly different angle...
Lynnj, what Mark is saying is basically right.
It's a similar problem to Karl1's, i.e. you need to add a mail account which specifies Magic Moments as the 'incoming' POP3 server, and breathe as the 'outgoing' SMTP. Your email address on the mail account should of course still be your .co.uk (e.g. [email protected]), so that people can reply. You will of course have to dial into breathe to send emails.
I am surprised though that 'Magic Moments' don't provide their own SMTP service as they were a company I was considering for domain hosting/email forwarding some time ago.
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A bit further clarification for anyone else who's "been reading this with interest".
POP3 - as Mark stated, is a Post Office Protocol which allows you to receive email by having it forwarded to a specific server. This can then be retrieved using 'basic authentication', i.e. id/password, from any computer connected through the internet, regardless of ISP, service provider etc, etc. As mail is held on the server it also provides lots of other useful options such as allowing you to keep/delete it on the server before/after downloading, e.g. you wish to 'sync' multiple computers.
SMTP - is the standard protocol used to send mail. It doesn't require authentication but many ISP's (correctly) restrict it's use to people who are part of the network, either by using caller id, network logon, or prior POP3 authentication. SMTP can generally only be used when you're sending mail using an address which is part of the network you're logged onto.
Summary - basically you can use whatever email address you want, have as many domains/ISP's as you want, and consolidate emails in any way you want, as long as you ensure you use the correct servers for each stage.
Next lesson IMAP4...
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Now if only someone could help me with my question about XP and Windows Messenger
Lynnj, what Mark is saying is basically right.
It's a similar problem to Karl1's, i.e. you need to add a mail account which specifies Magic Moments as the 'incoming' POP3 server, and breathe as the 'outgoing' SMTP. Your email address on the mail account should of course still be your .co.uk (e.g. [email protected]), so that people can reply. You will of course have to dial into breathe to send emails.
I am surprised though that 'Magic Moments' don't provide their own SMTP service as they were a company I was considering for domain hosting/email forwarding some time ago.
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A bit further clarification for anyone else who's "been reading this with interest".
POP3 - as Mark stated, is a Post Office Protocol which allows you to receive email by having it forwarded to a specific server. This can then be retrieved using 'basic authentication', i.e. id/password, from any computer connected through the internet, regardless of ISP, service provider etc, etc. As mail is held on the server it also provides lots of other useful options such as allowing you to keep/delete it on the server before/after downloading, e.g. you wish to 'sync' multiple computers.
SMTP - is the standard protocol used to send mail. It doesn't require authentication but many ISP's (correctly) restrict it's use to people who are part of the network, either by using caller id, network logon, or prior POP3 authentication. SMTP can generally only be used when you're sending mail using an address which is part of the network you're logged onto.
Summary - basically you can use whatever email address you want, have as many domains/ISP's as you want, and consolidate emails in any way you want, as long as you ensure you use the correct servers for each stage.
Next lesson IMAP4...
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Now if only someone could help me with my question about XP and Windows Messenger
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