James
2003-08-11 14:44:24 UTC
I have had a lot of difficulty accessing my Eircom email while travelling in
the Far East & Australia.
My previous ISP provided a web browser service to access emails from my POP
account when travelling and I could finally download them to Outlook Express
when I got home. Indeed third party services also support this & it worked
fine
I assumed the Eircom webmail service provided the same facility with my POP
account? However at most locations I tried to access it, although I could
login, when I clicked on INBOX I received an error message that the session
had timed out and I would have to log in again! This repeated almost every
time I logged in. Very occasionally I did access the INBOX and could see a
list of emails but again if I clicked on an email I got the "session
timed-out" error. Interestingly, at one Internet Cafe running a Unix
system & browser I had no trouble accessing my Eircom webmail?
The other problem I now find is that all emails accessed with Eircom webmail
while travelling can no longer be downloaded from my POP account at home
although I can still see them in my webmail account?
So my questions:
(1) Can I use Eircom webmail to access my email anywhere when travelling (or
should I use a third party service)? If so why did I have these problems?
If not what are the restrictions?
(2) Can I download emails already viewed to Outlook Express later when I get
home? e.g. are they available on a different server?
the Far East & Australia.
My previous ISP provided a web browser service to access emails from my POP
account when travelling and I could finally download them to Outlook Express
when I got home. Indeed third party services also support this & it worked
fine
I assumed the Eircom webmail service provided the same facility with my POP
account? However at most locations I tried to access it, although I could
login, when I clicked on INBOX I received an error message that the session
had timed out and I would have to log in again! This repeated almost every
time I logged in. Very occasionally I did access the INBOX and could see a
list of emails but again if I clicked on an email I got the "session
timed-out" error. Interestingly, at one Internet Cafe running a Unix
system & browser I had no trouble accessing my Eircom webmail?
The other problem I now find is that all emails accessed with Eircom webmail
while travelling can no longer be downloaded from my POP account at home
although I can still see them in my webmail account?
So my questions:
(1) Can I use Eircom webmail to access my email anywhere when travelling (or
should I use a third party service)? If so why did I have these problems?
If not what are the restrictions?
(2) Can I download emails already viewed to Outlook Express later when I get
home? e.g. are they available on a different server?