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Thread ID: 92122	2008-07-30 01:06:00	Outlook Express on the road	PinoyKiw (9675)	Press F1

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693490	2008-07-30 01:06:00	You see people at the airport just as a example downloading there emails and replying to mail. They will be connecting one assume's using something like Vodafones Vodem or what ever the wireless thingee is that Telecom offer. Now, the question is, how do they do it. Does Outlook Express or Outlook use the same smtp settings etc that you would use when connecting via your home modem to your ISP or is it a whole new range of settings. Reason being, I am spending more time away from home. About 2 weeks on the road here in New Zealand and 2 weeks in Australia. Have got myself a XPPro laptop, haven't installed anything yet but this I hope will be my connection to the net and my emails. I can access my ISP's webmail but that is not what I need, too slow. I need to be able to log into the net, open Outlook and download, log off, read, reply, log in to send. I was considering one of those Vodafone Vodems, they take there own sim card I am told, open a account here and open a Australian account with there sim card so I just need to swap sim cards for which ever country I am in. I need to be able to use Outlook Express or Outlook, Thunderbird is no use to me at this point, short version is, I have had Thunderbird and it went very well, a great program but it became corrupted, uninstalled and reinstalled etc but still does not work properly. So I am currently confined to Outlook Express but at least I can drag my mail from the laptop to the desktop when home. Gmail doesn't appear to be a option, everyone knows my current isp address and I intend to keep it. So, I need to be able to access the net, Vodem will take care of that, then I need to be able to open either Outlook Express or Outlook, download, log off, read off line and create replies, log in and send. What settings do i need for Outlook Express while say in the middle of Oz, to access my ISP's mail server and download the mail from. Smtp, imap, ...?	PinoyKiw (9675)
693491	2008-07-30 01:13:00	Gmail will work really well actually. Set it up for IMAP. It uses it's own SMTP server on a non standard port, so you can send email from anywhere. It will also pop email from any other address, such as your current address, so anyone sending you email doesn't need to worry about a change of address, and you can send and receive from Outlook Express, and set up your reply address as your old email address, no one will know any different. The SMTP server for anyone using a vodem would be smtp.vodafone.co.nz, but I think this would change as you go overseas	wratterus (105)
693492	2008-07-30 01:32:00	Outlook setting always remain the same, its your connectivity to the internet that changes, outlook and any other application that connects to the internet doesnt care how you do it, it just reads the gateway connection your pc establishes when connected. Those people in the airport are probably NOT all using wireless modems, as they are expensive to use out of your own country. They are probably using Wireless Network cards to attach to hot spots...The are all around the country in the CBD's and of course the airports, they are also free to use!	SolMiester (139)
693493	2008-07-30 01:41:00	Yes I think Auckland airport has a wireless network that you can connect to. When you use a wireless network you will not be able to send mail with OE using your SMTP settings that you have set up at present. The best way to get around this is to set up secure SMTP in OE to allow you to keep sending through your ISP SMTP outgoing server even though your connection is not with them. Check with your ISP on how to set this up Your POP3 incoming mail will still work normally.	Safari (3993)
693494	2008-07-30 03:28:00	Gmail will work really well actually. Set it up for IMAP. It uses it's own SMTP server on a non standard port, so you can send email from anywhere. It will also pop email from any other address, such as your current address, so anyone sending you email doesn't need to worry about a change of address, and you can send and receive from Outlook Express, and set up your reply address as your old email address, no one will know any different. The SMTP server for anyone using a vodem would be smtp.vodafone.co.nz, but I think this would change as you go overseas Learn something new every day, ok, will explore the GMail option and see where that leads to. Thanks	PinoyKiw (9675)
693495	2008-07-30 03:33:00	Those people in the airport are probably NOT all using wireless modems, as they are expensive to use out of your own country. They are probably using Wireless Network cards to attach to hot spots...The are all around the country in the CBD's and of course the airports, they are also free to use! The cost of using a NZ Vodafone Vodem in Australia is off the scale, all in the cost of data transfer, thats why I was looking at purchasing a NZ Vodafone Vodem which is about $300 without a contract plan and then getting something like a 200mb/month plan from Vodafone NZ and something similair from Vodafone Australia and just swapping the sim cards to suit the country. Sydney Airport has free public wireless/hotspots, quite a few do now. Chch City library has free wireless hotspot as well, might have a play there while I try settings and the gmail option mentioned else where.	PinoyKiw (9675)
693496	2008-08-01 04:39:00	All done, thanks for the replies. I created a GMail account in addition to the GMail user name, created a second address in the Settings/Accounts which is a copy of my user name at my NZ ISP and made that my default, then went to the library and opened Outlook Express for the first time and created a new account, kept the pop.myisp.net.nz settings and made the smtp part smtp.gmail.com and away it went more or less. Was in Sydney yesterday, had spare time on my hands, went to Vodafone and got a Vodem, they installed it right then and changed the smtp.gmail.com to there own setting of smtp.vodafone.com, I haven't looked myself but the girl asked if she could change the smtp.gmail to smtp.vodafone, must have a look next time I boot up the laptop. Thanks for the quick replies pointing me in the right direction.	PinoyKiw (9675)
693497	2008-08-01 04:44:00	:thumbs: Glad it's working well.	wratterus (105)
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