accesing my email from 'windows mail' on a different pc?

[pinkcowprint]

hi,have an orange account,had my email with thm,then got a new laptop 2 year ago, and my emails went to me having to use windows mail.this is fine,except i cant get to them from someone elses comp,or my phone!i just checked my orange email account and i have only 2 messages!i am not very good tech wise so if someone can help me i'd be very grateful!thanks

[commoner]

I have an Ipod touch and an Xperia x8 android , on both of these I have set up email accounts using the same settings as on my laptop and pc that I have for my Orange account...........this works really well with one problem....

....if you get the new emails from one...say the .x8...then the others can't get them.....maybe if you left a copy on the server you could but I never do that.

I have a hotmail account on the laptop and if needs be I can forward anything important from the android into that.

I see no reason why you can't do the same on your IPhone....

There probably is a way to do this some other way but never looked into that.

Have read at some of thees points on the subject...

http://setuporange.wdsglobal.com/

[ChuckFickens]

you're using POP3 for the email (which means your emails are downloaded onto the first device that connects and then deleted from the server)

Use IMAP, which means the emails are left on the server and any device that connects to the server reads them directly from the server and they are left where they are so another device can read them later.

[pinkcowprint]

ok chuck,so how do i read them from somewhere else?or if i open a new account with say google mail,can i keep my old email add and will they go there?

[commoner]

I'll describe what I'd do to get my orange account on another device to let you get your emails from either....

First get all the details from your account by opening windows Live Mail and then click accounts then properties...it's all there if you look under the various tabs.You could check the leave a copy on the server if you don't already

If the iPhone is like the iPod touch...then go..Settings..Mail..Add account..Other...Add mail account....then follow the instructions to fill in the details from the info you got previously...and choose never to delete from server...if you wish....

Best I can do...chuckf will give his ideas as well.....good luck...;-)

[pinkcowprint]

ok thanks,my email is originally from wanadoo,think orange bought them out,my phone is samsung galaxy s2,will have a go!thanks

[commoner]

...mmm....I.m still called freeserve so been there a long time.....<g>

[pinkcowprint]

im sorry i still have no idea what to do...

[commoner]

Sorry Pinkco...don't know how else to put it....you said you weren't very handy techwise...I suggest you find a friend who can do this for you....in the physical world I mean.;-)