Ed
Thu Nov 29 08:16:17 PST 2007
It sounds to me that what mooneyje wants to do is to check the box labeled
"Leave mail on server" in Account Settings ... Options.
On 11/29/07 6:44 AM ET, "Adam Bailey" <adamb@lull.org> wrote:
> mooneyje@msu.edu wrote:
>> On Nov 27, 10:25 pm, Adam Bailey <ad...@lull.org> wrote:
>>> moone...@msu.edu wrote:
>>>> Is it possible to check my e-mail on the internet?
>>>
>>> There are several options, but your best bet is to see if your provider
>>> offers a webmail of some sort. Just be aware that mail you read and
>>> delete in your webmail may not be available to you in Entourage,
>>> depending on the specifics of your provider.
>>>
>>> MSU, for example, has webmail at <https://mail.msu.edu/>.
>>
>> I have used mail.msu.edu but just stared my entourage and it has
>> forwared all my messages from there to entourage so I can no longer
>> check them at the msu site. Was just wondering if entourage had a
>> online site where I could check it.
>
> Entourage is a program that exists on your computer, it does not exist
> "online" without getting into complicated concepts like remote access of
> your computer from the Internet.
>
> When Entourage gets your email, it just downloads it from mail.msu.edu.
> Unless your email system is atypical (which is possible), I bet you can
> access your email using webmail prior to you downloading it into Entourage.
> Once you download it into Entourage, it /may/ no longer be available on
> webmail (unless you're using IMAP).
>
> Give it a try, but make sure you're trying it when you know you have new
> mail.