Greetings All! My apologies for even hinting at any abominations, but I would like to know the answer to this problem -- and of all people I think ALUG may be able to help!
Situation: I have a remote IMAP account with 1and1.co.uk, which my mailer accesses basically via telnet on port 143 (along with email address thereon as userid and a password, both of which I know, of course).
The problem: Suppose I am visiting a friend or family, but without my computer (which has the access built in). They all use W*****s systems.
I would like to be able to see my emails on the remote IMAP server, perhaps read some, and delete any I'm not interested in. Maybe even reply (but this is not my priority).
So: Is there a procedure with some W*****s softwrare which they would have installed by which I can have such access?
Ideally, I'd be delighted if this could be done with a browser (e.g. Ex*****r) so that there's minimal interference with the machine I'm using.
And (and here I return to the fold) if that were possible then I could also do it using Linux (which would add to the coterie of friends from whose places I could do this).
But my attempts from my home Linux system got nowhere (short of setting up an IMAP account in the mail agent , which of course is already there).
The host address for access to IMAP accounts is
imap.1and1.co.uk port 143
Much gratitude for any useful advice! Best wishes to all, Ted.
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