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Re: Verizon Email on two computers

Doesn't this method also result in emails being shown as read on PC#1 but being shown as unread on PC#2?

That is, you can retrieve the Inbox from multiple computers but emails that have been read on one PC will still appear as unread on the PCs that download after the first download.

Deleting is the same issue - you have to manually delete email on each email client, including emails you deleted on other email clients.

If so (and in addition to the Sent mail issue you not), that seems like a lot of redundant maintenance.

It might be redundant maintenance, but is not bothersome enough to implement Windows Mail on a NAS.

The incoming shared email stream is typically dealt with by 2 people who share office duties, essentially the third person is FYI. Since the two work together, most of the time seamlessly, hitting the delete key is not that big of a deal. If our email stream was more than the dozen or so in a busy day, we would implement some other solution.

For individual business, all three of us have separate addresses. The common address is used for shared communication.

Not sure exactly what the OP wants to accomplish. Most likely it's a desktop/laptop scenario with one user either in the office or on the road.

I have an email account that I have setup in the same way. My purpose is to receive email for a single user, but sometimes the email is intended for use on a Mac, other times on a PC. Again, I don't have enough volume to worry about the extra work of deleting what is redundant. What the heck, it's just a key press.

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Hajman...

Yes, that is the case but you don't have to maintain a network "server", that is running all the time, for the files. I don't find it overly annoying to need to delete the same emails on two or three machines in a home environment where we may be only talking 10 - 15 emails/day (excluding SPAM).

If you need to deal with much more than that, then centralized email file storage certainly makes sense and if there is a need to keep all sent mail and replies synchronized and accessible from multiple locations then the individualized client scenario would be clumsy.

I guess it's a personal choice and also depends on how much networking skills one may have. Anyway, it was one other suggestion...
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Rattler and Birdfeedr,

I agree that you have described legitimate options. I was just pointing out that the option you have both described has downside in that the user has to actively maintain email clients on each machine. There is PIA factor here. Of course, the NAS/server option I've described is more costly because it involves another piece of hardware (and associated costs). I have a home server that hosts various services (like Skype and media files) so the option I've described was a no brainer for me.

Frankly, I think the best option for email is to not use the email services provided by your ISP. People should use a third party email service (I use NetIdentity.com) using IMAP so that (1) they can access the email service from any client that does IMAP and have state saving and (2) they can switch ISPs based on the quality and cost of the internet service (as opposed to email service) and not be hassled with changing email addresses when changing ISPs.

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Looks like gmail does IMAP. I use gmail, but will have to look more into the benefits of using IMAP.

Thanks.