| You're expecting an important personal email, and | | | | server and transfers email from the email server to |
| you're at work. So how do you access your email | | | | the local client and deletes it from server (default |
| from another location like your office? | | | | behaviour). |
| In fact one of the most common questions I get | | | | 5. The Receiver reads email that is now stored on his |
| asked is: How do I access my outlook express email | | | | local PC. See Mailbox and mailbox locations for more |
| (IncrediMail email) from work? | | | | details. |
| Understanding Email Basics | | | | Normally you would go to the post office and collect |
| To understand how you go about this, you first need | | | | your mail and bring it back home. The mail would now |
| to understand the basics of email. Email functions, in | | | | be stored in your house. But you could go to your |
| fact, very much like the normal mail system. The | | | | post box read your mail and then put it back in the |
| process for both standard physical mail and email are: | | | | post box (i.e. not take them with you) . |
| Physical Mail: | | | | If you did that then, some else could then come at a |
| 1. Mail is placed into postal system by sender. | | | | later time and read the same mail. This we can also |
| 2. Mail is transferred between sorting offices. | | | | do in the email world. In the email world most email |
| 3. Mail is delivered to the Local post office of | | | | clients use a protocol called POP3 to get the email |
| recipient and placed in his post office box. | | | | from the local email server and move it to your |
| 4. Receiver goes to Post office opens post box and | | | | mailbox on your local machine. Basically this is the |
| takes mail home. | | | | same behaviour as in the physical mail. |
| 5. Receiver sits at home and reads mail. | | | | But we can tell the email client to leave a copy of |
| Email: | | | | the messages on the email server, and so we can |
| 1. Mail is placed into email system by sender (using | | | | then access the same email again from another |
| email client) | | | | location using another email client. |
| 2. Mail is transferred between email servers. | | | | So it is possible to access your email from multiple |
| 3. Mail is delivered to the recipient's email provider's | | | | locations by simply leaving a copy of your email on |
| server and placed in his mailbox. | | | | the email server. Leaving Email on the email server |
| 4. The Email client (e.g. outlook express) connects to | | | | has a number of advantages. |