Copying to my lap-top

[anotheoldgit]

How do I set-up my Outlook Express Emails onto my Lap-Top, so that I can send and receive my Emails from both my main computer and my lap-top please?

Also can anyone tell me how to change the web page that was on my lap-top, to the Virginmedia page that is on my main computer?

[Buenchico]

Second part first:

I assume that by 'the web page' you mean the home page which your browser uses. If so, go to the page you require.

With Internet Explorer, go to Tools > Internet Options.
With the 'General' tab selected, click 'Use current' in the Home Page section. Click 'Apply', then 'OK'.

With Firefox, go to Tools > Options.
With the 'Main' tab selected, under 'Start Up' check that the top pull-down menu is set to 'Show a Home Page'. Click 'Use current pages'. Click 'OK'.

It's not entirely clear whether, for the first part of your question, you're trying to set up Outlook Express or whether your trying to copy mail from one computer to the other. I'll assume that it's the former.

To set up Outlook Express, you'll need to know the POP3 and SMTP settings to access your ISP's servers. Open Outlook Express on your desktop PC. Go to Tools > Accounts > Mail. If you've only got one e-mail account it should already be highlighted; otherwise click on the account name to highlight it. Select 'Properties'. Click on the 'General' and 'Servers' tabs, in turn, and make a note of all the settings. (You can ignore the other tabs),

Now open Outlook Express on your laptop. Go to Tools > Accounts > Add > Mail and create a new account which contains all of the information you've just written down.

Chris

[rojash]

If you are intending to collect emails from both your laptop and your desktop machines, then, as well as following Chris's instructions to create the accounts you may wish to do this:

After entering the info (pop3, smtp servers, etc) click on the Advanced tab.

At the bottom, check the box "Leave a copy of the message on server"
Also check the box "Remove from server after [x] days"
Set the number of days [x] to be great enough so that the message will not be removed until you have collected it om both machines, and small enough that you don't overflow your mailbox with undeleted messges.