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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----- Original Message ----- From: "Ted Harding" Ted.Harding@wlandres.net To: main@lists.alug.org.uk Sent: Tuesday, April 23, 2013 6:02 PM Subject: [ALUG] Accessing IMAP from W*****s
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.
If you have a spare USB stick, you could install Portable Apps http://portableapps.com/ on it and use something like Thunderbird http://portableapps.com/apps/internet/thunderbird_portable to access the IMAP account.
I've only used it with PC's with XP installed but believe it works with most varieties of W*****s. All you do is stick it in a USB socket and the apps automatically fire up. When you remove the USB stick, it doesn't leave anything behind on the host PC.
On Tue, 23 Apr 2013 18:02:51 +0100 (BST) (Ted Harding) Ted.Harding@wlandres.net allegedly wrote:
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!
Ted
1and1 do webmail. You should be able to access your imap account from any browser (though you may need to enable something in your account settings - 1and1 are notorious for adding/changing functions without telling existing customers).
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On Tue, 23 Apr 2013 18:35:54 +0100 mick mbm@rlogin.net allegedly wrote:
On Tue, 23 Apr 2013 18:02:51 +0100 (BST) (Ted Harding) Ted.Harding@wlandres.net allegedly wrote:
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!
Ted
1and1 do webmail. You should be able to access your imap account from any browser (though you may need to enable something in your account settings - 1and1 are notorious for adding/changing functions without telling existing customers).
Or, following on from Tony's response about portableapps, why not just use a bootable portable linux such as http://www.porteus.org/. Plenty of other small linux distros can be set up with unetbootin. That way you can show off linuxy goodness to all your friends when out and about without touching their windows installations.
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