email access from remote computer

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email access from remote computer

I am traveling and would like to access my home email (emailname@mac.com) from a browser on a work pc. I do not wish to have yet another email account so mobileme does not seem like a good option. Is it possible to access my mac.com email account from a web browser or Microsoft Outlook while I am on the road?

iMac G5, Mac OS X (10.4.11)

Posted on Sep 18, 2008 12:31 PM

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Answer 1

MGW

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Sep 18, 2008 12:49 PM in response to SoccerFan1234

MobileMe will not require you to get a new account, your Mac.com one will do just fine.

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Answer 2

Sep 18, 2008 6:34 PM in response to MGW

Thank you for the response.

How do I point the mobileme tool to my mac.com account? I tried to read the mobileme documentation and watch the video for how to do this, but was not able to figure out how to do this.

I assume I install mobileme on both the work pc laptop (which is where I want to monitor the email from) and on my home imac computer - correct?

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MGW

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Sep 18, 2008 6:52 PM in response to SoccerFan1234

Correct, and in the MM preferences yu enter your .mac email account.

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Answer 4

Sep 20, 2008 5:05 PM in response to SoccerFan1234

Thanks - I will give that a try.

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Answer 5

Oct 3, 2008 9:02 AM in response to MGW

I still cannot get the tool to work. my email@mac.com account does not sync to mobile me. do i have to use a mobileme account?

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MGW

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Oct 3, 2008 9:07 AM in response to SoccerFan1234

You do not have to use me.com, but you can try changing your account to name@me.com (you will still get the mail from your mac.com account) and see if that works, although there should be no difference. Are you able to sync your calendar and contacts?

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Oct 8, 2008 8:25 AM in response to MGW

I will try changing the account to name@me.com
I have not been able to sync the outlook calendar or contacts. I was able to load the interlinks from my Mac Safari browser to my pc.
I wish there was a step by step procedure for this tool...

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Answer 8

MGW

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Oct 8, 2008 8:41 AM in response to SoccerFan1234

When you go to MM in System Preferences, click on Sync and then check the apps you want to sync, e.g. Contacts, Calendar etc. They will then be synced every time you choose to sync, either manually or automatically. Then, when you are at a PC, simply load MM and your data will appear. To sync your Outlook data, follow the instructions in [this|http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2628?viewlocale=en_US] Apple article.

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