how do I use Vista Microsoft mail while travelling?

I'm a Merchant Marine and never in the same place long. Do I need to find the
POP3, SMTP code everywhere, with every different ISP? ( airports, coffee
shops, etc) My current ISP is Quest and I use Yahoo for email, but I start
travelling tomorrow. I haven't even found Quest's info yet.
Any help for a sailor out there?

When traveling it is easiest to use one of the web based email services such
as Hotmail, Yahoo Mail etc.

This way you can get your email from any place you can connect to the
internet.

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Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
(For email, remove the obvious from my address)



"Nick" <Nick @discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> I'm a Merchant Marine and never in the same place long. Do I need to find
> the
> POP3, SMTP code everywhere, with every different ISP? ( airports, coffee
> shops, etc) My current ISP is Quest and I use Yahoo for email, but I
> start
> travelling tomorrow. I haven't even found Quest's info yet.
> Any help for a sailor out there?

get a gmail.com account

this is the best service, and you can use it with POP for free too later on

www.gmail.com



"Nick" <Nick @discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:F3C6EA49-DF71-4C36-85CC-...
> I'm a Merchant Marine and never in the same place long. Do I need to find
> the
> POP3, SMTP code everywhere, with every different ISP? ( airports, coffee
> shops, etc) My current ISP is Quest and I use Yahoo for email, but I
> start
> travelling tomorrow. I haven't even found Quest's info yet.
> Any help for a sailor out there?

You can get a Gmail account and use that to send with. Keep your regular
mail server to receive email.


"Nick" <Nick @discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:F3C6EA49-DF71-4C36-85CC-...
> I'm a Merchant Marine and never in the same place long. Do I need to find
> the
> POP3, SMTP code everywhere, with every different ISP? ( airports, coffee
> shops, etc) My current ISP is Quest and I use Yahoo for email, but I
> start
> travelling tomorrow. I haven't even found Quest's info yet.
> Any help for a sailor out there?

In article <F3C6EA49-DF71-4C36-85CC->, Nick
@discussions.microsoft.com says...
> I'm a Merchant Marine and never in the same place long. Do I need to find the
> POP3, SMTP code everywhere, with every different ISP? ( airports, coffee
> shops, etc) My current ISP is Quest and I use Yahoo for email, but I start
> travelling tomorrow. I haven't even found Quest's info yet.
> Any help for a sailor out there?

What you really need is to register a domain name for yourself, then
purchase POP3/SMTP service (email) from the provider for your hosting -
ensure that it includes the ability to send email from their servers.

With this, from anywhere in the world, you can send/recv email at your
domain name through your hosting provider. Ask them if they have
encrypted connections available if you need that level of security.

I travel all over also and find that having my own domain name and email
service means I can send/recv email from any network in just about every
place in the world.

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Leythos
- Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum.
- Calling an illegal alien an "undocumented worker" is like calling a
drug dealer an "unlicensed pharmacist"
(remove 999 for proper email address)

Many ISPs that offer POP accounts also have web based accounts for people
that travel. I have Time Warner Roadrunner and can check mail at home and
also anywhere there is access to the Internet. Call your ISP and see if they
offer one.
"Nick" <Nick @discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> I'm a Merchant Marine and never in the same place long. Do I need to find
> the
> POP3, SMTP code everywhere, with every different ISP? ( airports, coffee
> shops, etc) My current ISP is Quest and I use Yahoo for email, but I
> start
> travelling tomorrow. I haven't even found Quest's info yet.
> Any help for a sailor out there?

"Nick" wrote:

> I'm a Merchant Marine and never in the same place long. Do I need to find the
> POP3, SMTP code everywhere, with every different ISP? ( airports, coffee
> shops, etc) My current ISP is Quest and I use Yahoo for email, but I start
> travelling tomorrow. I haven't even found Quest's info yet.
> Any help for a sailor out there?

"Junoval" <> wrote in message
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>
>
> "Nick" wrote:
>
>> I'm a Merchant Marine and never in the same place long. Do I need to find
>> the
>> POP3, SMTP code everywhere, with every different ISP? ( airports, coffee
>> shops, etc) My current ISP is Quest and I use Yahoo for email, but I
>> start
>> travelling tomorrow. I haven't even found Quest's info yet.
>> Any help for a sailor out there?

If you use Yahoo for email then just use the Yahoo web mail. Doesn't matter
then what ISP you connect to...

As long as you can connect to the Internet you can get your mail from Yahoo
as it's web-mail based.

___
Patrick P.
www.boydcomputersvcs.com

"Junoval" <> wrote in message
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>
> "Nick" wrote:
>
>> I'm a Merchant Marine and never in the same place long. Do I need to find
>> the
>> POP3, SMTP code everywhere, with every different ISP? ( airports, coffee
>> shops, etc) My current ISP is Quest and I use Yahoo for email, but I
>> start
>> travelling tomorrow. I haven't even found Quest's info yet.
>> Any help for a sailor out there?

"Gordon" <> wrote in message
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> "Junoval" <> wrote in message
> news:53B5BAA5-F55E-4035-9427-...
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>>
>> "Nick" wrote:
>>
>>> I'm a Merchant Marine and never in the same place long. Do I need to
>>> find the
>>> POP3, SMTP code everywhere, with every different ISP? ( airports,
>>> coffee
>>> shops, etc) My current ISP is Quest and I use Yahoo for email, but I
>>> start
>>> travelling tomorrow. I haven't even found Quest's info yet.
>>> Any help for a sailor out there?
>
> If you use Yahoo for email then just use the Yahoo web mail. Doesn't
> matter then what ISP you connect to...

Err - Do you polish your NET COP badge every night before going to bed?
Err. <sigh> Umm.