Outlook Express problem

fenderbass86 · 10 Jul 2006 at 21:08

Hey gang, is there any way to forward messages revieved from Outlook Express to a yahoo account automatically? My dad has Outlook Express but can only check his e-mail on this computer, he wants to check it when he's away so i'm thinking of setting up a yahoo e-mail for him.

Thanks

Dave M · 10 Jul 2006 at 21:33

You could easily setup a message rule to forward all mail, but there are other, better ways of doing it.

You could install a webmail app if you have webspace that support php, your isp might have a webmail interface, and yahoo or whatever might support getting emails from other pop3 servers (I think hotmail did that long ago didn't it?).

Any of the last suggestions would mean stopping outlook downloading mail - or it would just delete the mails from the server before anything else got a look in.

iMacMart · 10 Jul 2006 at 21:38

Isn't there an 'auto forward' rule in options you can set-up for that? Not sure if the pc has to be on for the mail to hit the mail box then be pushed out to the new address though?

Google it and see

Dave M · 10 Jul 2006 at 21:42

tweakinfreak said:
Isn't there an 'auto forward' rule in options you can set-up for that? Not sure if the pc has to be on for the mail to hit the mail box then be pushed out to the new address though?

Google it and see

Yes, it would. Not a great solution, but then again he would have a log of all mails on his PC too.

He may not need fast access to mail, so maybe turn the PC on once a day / week / whatever and download mail, wait for it to finish sending the forwards and shut down again.

And it's not an option, it's a message rule, create a new mail rule, select for all mail, forward to people - type in the yahoo email.

JayMax · 10 Jul 2006 at 23:02

Don't know if I'm reading the op wrong but does his isp not provide webmail access?
Or if not use logmein?