SoonerAl
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Norman, OK
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May 3rd, @12:56PM
|  reply to Falcao
Re: Check Email
Presuming your using the built-in PPTP VPN server on your home Vista or XP PC and the built-in PPTP VPN client on your remote Vista or XP PC when you connect the VPN all client traffic will go through the VPN tunnel to your home server then to the public internet and back.
»theillustratednetwork.mvps.org/V···ser.html
With the MSFT PPTP VPN tunnel this is configured on the client. Make sure you check the Use default gateway on remote network checkbox on the client. See this article for details.
»technet.microsoft.com/en-us/libr···117.aspx
If the home PPTP VPN server is running Vista or XP you may need to change a registry setting to enable TCP forwarding.
»support.microsoft.com/kb/315236/en-us
You can test that by going to »www.whatismyip.com before and when connected to the VPN server. Before your connected to the VPN server the reported IP will be the public IP of your client at your remote location. After you connect to the VPN server the reported IP should be your public IP at home. Then you know your connecting to the internet through the home VPN server. You can also use a tracert your.ISP.EmailServer.address command to trace the route to the server. The first reported hop should be to your VPN server.
Beyond that Remote Desktop (as noted by jpaik) or similar program is an option as is using your ISP webmail if its SSL encrypted.
If its not you can setup a Gmail account (which is fully SSL encrypted) to fetch your personal email from your ISP. I do that while traveling. The screen shot details how I have Gmail setup to do that. The nice thing about this is I can access my email securely from anywhere via a web browser and reply with my normal ISP email address.
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