TOT Syncing mail

A friend has asked me for help and I know there are people
in this NG with a good understanding of computer operating
systems. Google doesn't bring up anything that is vaguely
useful.

He has a new laptop running Windoze 8.1, and an iPad. He
uses an outlook.com account (formerly hotmail) for mail as
he is very dissatisfied with the mail service provided by
his ISP, BT.

Can anyone advise me is there a mail client suitable for
Windows 8.1 and the iPad (one package that will run on both
or two different but easy to use packages) and be able to
access outlook.com and sync mail between the two? When I
say one package that will run on both I mean that has
different versions for Windows and Apple OS but that
possibly looks and/or (even) works the same - he is not the
most advanced computer user.

He uses the PC at home but takes his iPad with him when he
goes away in his tin-shed-on-wheels (caravan.) He would like
it that if he does any mailing whilst away it will be
reflected (sent or receive) on his laptop when he next goes
on line with his laptop when he gets home and vice versa.


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Woody

harrogate three at ntlworld dot com

"Woody" wrote:
A friend has asked me for help and I know there are people
in this NG with a good understanding of computer operating
systems. Google doesn't bring up anything that is vaguely
useful.

He has a new laptop running Windoze 8.1, and an iPad. He
uses an outlook.com account (formerly hotmail) for mail as
he is very dissatisfied with the mail service provided by
his ISP, BT.

Can anyone advise me is there a mail client suitable for
Windows 8.1 and the iPad (one package that will run on both
or two different but easy to use packages) and be able to
access outlook.com and sync mail between the two? When I
say one package that will run on both I mean that has
different versions for Windows and Apple OS but that
possibly looks and/or (even) works the same - he is not the
most advanced computer user.

He uses the PC at home but takes his iPad with him when he
goes away in his tin-shed-on-wheels (caravan.) He would like
it that if he does any mailing whilst away it will be
reflected (sent or receive) on his laptop when he next goes
on line with his laptop when he gets home and vice versa.



I could be wrong but I think all you need is software that will use IMAP to
connect with your email service. The ipad will do this easily and I'm sure
Windows 8 must have an email client capable of doing this.

I *think* that with IMAP access, actions on any device (marking as read,
deletion etc.) are mirrored back to the server and thence to any other
device accessing the account.

This could be ********. ;-)

http://www.redmondpie.com/how-to-con...outlook-yahoo/

Tim

I have a Windows 8 PC and a Windows 7 Pc also a laptop.

All have Windows Live Mail installed and all linked to my Google Mail
addresses via IMAP
What I do on one device as if by magic happens on the other two,

Regards
David




"Tim+" wrote in message
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"Woody" wrote:
A friend has asked me for help and I know there are people
in this NG with a good understanding of computer operating
systems. Google doesn't bring up anything that is vaguely
useful.

He has a new laptop running Windoze 8.1, and an iPad. He
uses an outlook.com account (formerly hotmail) for mail as
he is very dissatisfied with the mail service provided by
his ISP, BT.

Can anyone advise me is there a mail client suitable for
Windows 8.1 and the iPad (one package that will run on both
or two different but easy to use packages) and be able to
access outlook.com and sync mail between the two? When I
say one package that will run on both I mean that has
different versions for Windows and Apple OS but that
possibly looks and/or (even) works the same - he is not the
most advanced computer user.

He uses the PC at home but takes his iPad with him when he
goes away in his tin-shed-on-wheels (caravan.) He would like
it that if he does any mailing whilst away it will be
reflected (sent or receive) on his laptop when he next goes
on line with his laptop when he gets home and vice versa.



I could be wrong but I think all you need is software that will use IMAP to
connect with your email service. The ipad will do this easily and I'm sure
Windows 8 must have an email client capable of doing this.

I *think* that with IMAP access, actions on any device (marking as read,
deletion etc.) are mirrored back to the server and thence to any other
device accessing the account.

This could be ********. ;-)

http://www.redmondpie.com/how-to-con...outlook-yahoo/

Tim

On Monday, March 24, 2014 5:24:09 PM UTC, Woody wrote:
A friend has asked me for help

All he needs to do is use the built-in mail client on the iPad, and the built-in Mail App on Windows-8. If he gives each one his outlook.com email-address and password, they will automatically synchronise to the mail-server and hence to each other.

Note: Both of these systems have preset values for outlook.com, so the address and password are all that is needed.

--
William

Tim+ wrote:

Can anyone advise me is there a mail client suitable for
Windows 8.1 and the iPad (one package that will run on both
or two different but easy to use packages) and be able to
access outlook.com and sync mail between the two?

I *think* that with IMAP access, actions on any device (marking as read,
deletion etc.) are mirrored back to the server and thence to any other
device accessing the account.

Yes, IMAP is the way to go, if the outlook.com servers support it.

On Mon, 24 Mar 2014 17:24:09 -0000, "Woody"
wrote:

A friend has asked me for help and I know there are people
in this NG with a good understanding of computer operating
systems. Google doesn't bring up anything that is vaguely
useful.

He has a new laptop running Windoze 8.1, and an iPad. He
uses an outlook.com account (formerly hotmail) for mail as
he is very dissatisfied with the mail service provided by
his ISP, BT.

Can anyone advise me is there a mail client suitable for
Windows 8.1 and the iPad (one package that will run on both
or two different but easy to use packages) and be able to
access outlook.com and sync mail between the two? When I
say one package that will run on both I mean that has
different versions for Windows and Apple OS but that
possibly looks and/or (even) works the same - he is not the
most advanced computer user.

He uses the PC at home but takes his iPad with him when he
goes away in his tin-shed-on-wheels (caravan.) He would like
it that if he does any mailing whilst away it will be
reflected (sent or receive) on his laptop when he next goes
on line with his laptop when he gets home and vice versa.

Or use Webmail

so all the email stays on the server and the sync issue goes
away......

The main drawback is no offline or intermittant connection modes.
Stephen Hope
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Sounds like he wants Imap. Not sure if Outlook/Hotmail allow this for free
though.
Brian

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"Woody" wrote in message
...
A friend has asked me for help and I know there are people in this NG with
a good understanding of computer operating systems. Google doesn't bring up
anything that is vaguely useful.

He has a new laptop running Windoze 8.1, and an iPad. He uses an
outlook.com account (formerly hotmail) for mail as he is very dissatisfied
with the mail service provided by his ISP, BT.

Can anyone advise me is there a mail client suitable for Windows 8.1 and
the iPad (one package that will run on both or two different but easy to
use packages) and be able to access outlook.com and sync mail between
the two? When I say one package that will run on both I mean that has
different versions for Windows and Apple OS but that possibly looks and/or
(even) works the same - he is not the most advanced computer user.

He uses the PC at home but takes his iPad with him when he goes away in
his tin-shed-on-wheels (caravan.) He would like it that if he does any
mailing whilst away it will be reflected (sent or receive) on his laptop
when he next goes on line with his laptop when he gets home and vice
versa.


--
Woody

harrogate three at ntlworld dot com

But do they actually use Imap or pop3. I was under the impression that the
Microsoft email system had problems with Imap.
Also of course, one has to remember that webmail is the way most people
seem to be using Outlook.com these days. Its slow and messy in my view.

Brian

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"William" wrote in message
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On Monday, March 24, 2014 5:24:09 PM UTC, Woody wrote:
A friend has asked me for help

All he needs to do is use the built-in mail client on the iPad, and the
built-in Mail App on Windows-8. If he gives each one his outlook.com
email-address and password, they will automatically synchronise to the
mail-server and hence to each other.

Note: Both of these systems have preset values for outlook.com, so the
address and password are all that is needed.

--
William

On 24/03/2014 20:07, William wrote:
On Monday, March 24, 2014 5:24:09 PM UTC, Woody wrote:
A friend has asked me for help

All he needs to do is use the built-in mail client on the iPad, and
the built-in Mail App on Windows-8. If he gives each one his
outlook.com email-address and password, they will automatically
synchronise to the mail-server and hence to each other.

Note: Both of these systems have preset values for outlook.com, so
the address and password are all that is needed.


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Z