Can I get my mail with my default ISPmail to my desktop?
As a matter of fact yes you can do this. The marvels of technology
never cease, and soon after pc operating systems integrated Internet
and email functionality they soon built in the ability for you
to access web based email from your local email client.
This has become widely accepted, significantly so for its convenience that many web based email boxes provide exact instructions at their site on how to set your local client to do this. You will have only a few things you will need to know about your web email client to add it to your local client.
You will need the inbox URL. Many times it begins with a “pop” or “pop3”, as in “pop.earthlink.net”.
You will need the outbound or sending URL. Since this has spamming and security have become paramount in emailing now most will require a secure connection to the sending URL. These typically have a URL that begins with “smtp”. An example of a web client that you must have an authorized URL would be like “smtpauth.earthlink.net”. That allows you to send mail using your email address to that web-based mailbox.
You will most likely have to have the port address, or number to send with and receive to the web client. This luckily goes by a standard number for a pop email box, which is always port number 110.
Lastly you will need your username and password. But accessing a web client from your local mail client you will have to put in the whole email address as your username most likely, which is literal.
This is only an example of how and what you will need to do it. There are variations in the setup from one web based client to another. The smartest thing to do is to go to the site of your web-based mailbox and research this topic.
As with Yahoo, login to your mailbox account. Close to the top of the page, on the right, click on “mail options”. On the next page you will see several topics. The one you want is titled “Pop Access and Forwarding”. This page will have two choices, one will be for pop access. Click on the link “View Pop Settings” and it will give you all those items mentioned in my above topics to set your local client up to get your Yahoo mail.
If you have a Windows operating system, with at least Windows 2000 that OS has Outlook and Outlook express built into it. Both of these mail clients include an option that allows you to setup and retrieve your Hotmail or Msn mail rather easily. Consult your “Tools” and “Accounts” menu to set this up for retrieving Hotmail.