e-mail access?
Jun 2nd 2004, 6:44 am
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e-mail access?
I am travelling in Germany, Belgium, and Poland this summer for 6 weeks. I
would like to keep in touch with home by e-mail and have a lap-top I am
planning on bringing. What, if anything should I do before I leave the USA in
order to use the internet in Europe?
Diana
would like to keep in touch with home by e-mail and have a lap-top I am
planning on bringing. What, if anything should I do before I leave the USA in
order to use the internet in Europe?
Diana
Jun 2nd 2004, 7:10 am
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On 02 Jun 2004 18:44:15 GMT, [email protected] (Dfcarteach) wrote:
>I am travelling in Germany, Belgium, and Poland this summer for 6 weeks. I
>would like to keep in touch with home by e-mail and have a lap-top I am
>planning on bringing. What, if anything should I do before I leave the USA in
>order to use the internet in Europe?
>Diana
you need an account that is web accessible
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>I am travelling in Germany, Belgium, and Poland this summer for 6 weeks. I
>would like to keep in touch with home by e-mail and have a lap-top I am
>planning on bringing. What, if anything should I do before I leave the USA in
>order to use the internet in Europe?
>Diana
you need an account that is web accessible
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Because of the current email spam attacks my email account is not included,
reply via the newsgroups or ask for a valid email address.
Jun 2nd 2004, 7:50 am
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On 02 Jun 2004 18:44:15 GMT, [email protected] (Dfcarteach) said:
>I am travelling in Germany, Belgium, and Poland this summer for 6 weeks. I
>would like to keep in touch with home by e-mail and have a lap-top I am
>planning on bringing. What, if anything should I do before I leave the USA in
>order to use the internet in Europe?
>Diana
Don't forget that there are cyber cafes everywhere, as well as many
other publicly accessible computers in libraries etc. You don't really
need to bring a heavy, expensive and thief-magnet laptop.
If you do, voltage will be fine, but obviously you will need power
socket adapters, and phone cable plug adapters.
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Mojo.
>I am travelling in Germany, Belgium, and Poland this summer for 6 weeks. I
>would like to keep in touch with home by e-mail and have a lap-top I am
>planning on bringing. What, if anything should I do before I leave the USA in
>order to use the internet in Europe?
>Diana
Don't forget that there are cyber cafes everywhere, as well as many
other publicly accessible computers in libraries etc. You don't really
need to bring a heavy, expensive and thief-magnet laptop.
If you do, voltage will be fine, but obviously you will need power
socket adapters, and phone cable plug adapters.
--
Mojo.
Jun 2nd 2004, 7:55 am
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"127.0.0.1" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> On 02 Jun 2004 18:44:15 GMT, [email protected] (Dfcarteach) wrote:
> >I am travelling in Germany, Belgium, and Poland this summer for 6 weeks.
I
> >would like to keep in touch with home by e-mail and have a lap-top I am
> >planning on bringing. What, if anything should I do before I leave the
USA in
> >order to use the internet in Europe?
> >Diana
> you need an account that is web accessible
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
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> Because of the current email spam attacks my email account is not
included,
> reply via the newsgroups or ask for a valid email address.
I would set up an email account at hotmail.com or yahoo.com and use
internet cafes to access, rather than lugging your laptop around.
Neil
news:[email protected]...
> On 02 Jun 2004 18:44:15 GMT, [email protected] (Dfcarteach) wrote:
> >I am travelling in Germany, Belgium, and Poland this summer for 6 weeks.
I
> >would like to keep in touch with home by e-mail and have a lap-top I am
> >planning on bringing. What, if anything should I do before I leave the
USA in
> >order to use the internet in Europe?
> >Diana
> you need an account that is web accessible
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
> Because of the current email spam attacks my email account is not
included,
> reply via the newsgroups or ask for a valid email address.
I would set up an email account at hotmail.com or yahoo.com and use
internet cafes to access, rather than lugging your laptop around.
Neil
Jun 2nd 2004, 8:02 am
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127.0.0.1 <[email protected]> wrote in
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> you need an account that is web accessible
Not necessarily. POP3/SMTP or IMAP work too.
Regards
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news:[email protected]:
> you need an account that is web accessible
Not necessarily. POP3/SMTP or IMAP work too.
Regards
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Jun 2nd 2004, 8:13 am
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[email protected] (Dfcarteach) wrote in
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> What, if anything should I do
> before I leave the USA in order to use the internet in Europe?
1. Ask your internet provider, what options there are to access your email
(web, POP3/SMTP, IMAP ...). Install appropriate software on your laptop and
conigure it accordingly. If you are using your laptop now to access email
and it works, then it is already configured.
2. Make sure your notebook has ethernet onboard or you have an ethernet
PCMCIA card. This will allow you to hook up to hotel ethernets or to
internet cafe networks (if they allow it). Some also offer wireless, in
that case you need a WLAN card.
3. Make sure your notebook has a modem or an ISDN PCMCIA card (A modem only
works with analogue POTS, ISDN only with ISDN obviously. Which one works
depends on the hotel's phone system, best to have both if at all possible).
This will allow you to dial into a local internet provider if the hotel
doesn't offer ethernet or WLAN.
4. Adapter cables from your notobook's analogue modem out to the phone
socket in the hotel room wall are available at a local electronics store.
Different countries have different plug standards, so you need to buy one
in each country.
5. Get phone number lists for "call by call" (subscription free) internet
providers for Belgium, Germany and Poland. They're on the net, google for
them and save the lists. You need to configure them later.
Regards
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news:[email protected]:
> What, if anything should I do
> before I leave the USA in order to use the internet in Europe?
1. Ask your internet provider, what options there are to access your email
(web, POP3/SMTP, IMAP ...). Install appropriate software on your laptop and
conigure it accordingly. If you are using your laptop now to access email
and it works, then it is already configured.
2. Make sure your notebook has ethernet onboard or you have an ethernet
PCMCIA card. This will allow you to hook up to hotel ethernets or to
internet cafe networks (if they allow it). Some also offer wireless, in
that case you need a WLAN card.
3. Make sure your notebook has a modem or an ISDN PCMCIA card (A modem only
works with analogue POTS, ISDN only with ISDN obviously. Which one works
depends on the hotel's phone system, best to have both if at all possible).
This will allow you to dial into a local internet provider if the hotel
doesn't offer ethernet or WLAN.
4. Adapter cables from your notobook's analogue modem out to the phone
socket in the hotel room wall are available at a local electronics store.
Different countries have different plug standards, so you need to buy one
in each country.
5. Get phone number lists for "call by call" (subscription free) internet
providers for Belgium, Germany and Poland. They're on the net, google for
them and save the lists. You need to configure them later.
Regards
--
Once more with the voice of Buddha
http://www.wschwanke.de/ usenet_20031215 (AT) wschwanke (DOT) de
Jun 2nd 2004, 10:25 am
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On Wed, 02 Jun 2004 22:02:38 +0200, Wolfgang Schwanke wrote:
> 127.0.0.1 <[email protected]> wrote in
> news:[email protected]:
>
>> you need an account that is web accessible
>
> Not necessarily. POP3/SMTP or IMAP work too.
I just telnet into a remote host.
> 127.0.0.1 <[email protected]> wrote in
> news:[email protected]:
>
>> you need an account that is web accessible
>
> Not necessarily. POP3/SMTP or IMAP work too.
I just telnet into a remote host.
Jun 2nd 2004, 12:55 pm
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Forget the laptop - it will prove a considerable encumbrance.
Internet cafes provide all the services you are likely to need. They'll burn
cd's for you etc.
A laptop is just too negotiable as cash for any opportunistic thief, to cart
around over a summer vacation.
"Dfcarteach" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> I am travelling in Germany, Belgium, and Poland this summer for 6 weeks.
I
> would like to keep in touch with home by e-mail and have a lap-top I am
> planning on bringing. What, if anything should I do before I leave the
USA in
> order to use the internet in Europe?
> Diana
Internet cafes provide all the services you are likely to need. They'll burn
cd's for you etc.
A laptop is just too negotiable as cash for any opportunistic thief, to cart
around over a summer vacation.
"Dfcarteach" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> I am travelling in Germany, Belgium, and Poland this summer for 6 weeks.
I
> would like to keep in touch with home by e-mail and have a lap-top I am
> planning on bringing. What, if anything should I do before I leave the
USA in
> order to use the internet in Europe?
> Diana
Jun 2nd 2004, 2:50 pm
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Isn't aol web-accessible, i.e., can't he use an internet cafe and log
into his email remotely? (I haven't used aol, so have no idea.)
I used my comcast account in Feb to remotely check my email from local
i/net cafes via comcast's webmail system.
On Wed, 02 Jun 2004 15:10:16 -0400, 127.0.0.1 <[email protected]> wrote:
>you need an account that is web accessible
>On 02 Jun 2004 18:44:15 GMT, [email protected] (Dfcarteach) wrote:
>>I am travelling in Germany, Belgium, and Poland this summer for 6 weeks. I
>>would like to keep in touch with home by e-mail and have a lap-top I am
>>planning on bringing. What, if anything should I do before I leave the USA in
>>order to use the internet in Europe?
>>Diana
into his email remotely? (I haven't used aol, so have no idea.)
I used my comcast account in Feb to remotely check my email from local
i/net cafes via comcast's webmail system.
On Wed, 02 Jun 2004 15:10:16 -0400, 127.0.0.1 <[email protected]> wrote:
>you need an account that is web accessible
>On 02 Jun 2004 18:44:15 GMT, [email protected] (Dfcarteach) wrote:
>>I am travelling in Germany, Belgium, and Poland this summer for 6 weeks. I
>>would like to keep in touch with home by e-mail and have a lap-top I am
>>planning on bringing. What, if anything should I do before I leave the USA in
>>order to use the internet in Europe?
>>Diana
Jun 3rd 2004, 6:17 pm
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Re: e-mail access?
In article <[email protected]>,
[email protected] (Dfcarteach) wrote:
> I am travelling in Germany, Belgium, and Poland this summer for 6 weeks. I
> would like to keep in touch with home by e-mail and have a lap-top I am
> planning on bringing. What, if anything should I do before I leave the USA in
> order to use the internet in Europe?
> Diana
I would look at some of the travel books. They have some instructions
about Internet options such as Internet cafes in those countries. Or
they will refer you to web sites where you can get such info.
As suggested by others, you may consider using Internet cafes instead of
taking your own laptop. If you do so, you would need a web email
address. That is, an email account you can access via a browser such as
Yahoo.
I notice you have an AOL account. You should NOT expect to be able to
log on to AOL from abroad, at least not so easily. I don't know if AOL
allows members to access their email via a browser interface or not.
You may or may not be able to access AOL overseas. I'd ask AOL about
that.
So that may be the biggest obstacle you face, if you have to use your
AOL email account from overseas. It would be much easier if you could
access an email account from any computer via a browser.
But if you take your laptop, you would need to look into different plugs
for your power adapter (they use 220 volts in other parts of the world.
typically, the power bricks which come with laptops operate from 110-220
volts. If your power brick only supports 110 volts, you may need a
voltage converter. Even if you don't need a voltage converter, the
physical plugs used for the electrical outlets are different from
country to country). Besides a plug and perhaps a voltage converter,
you would need a different kind of phone jack plug for your modem, if
you use dial-up internet access. If on the other hand, you use a DSL or
cable modem, you just need an ethernet jack, also called an RJ45 and
possibly an ethernet patch cable.
There are laptop travel kits which have power plug adapters and
telephone jack adapters you can buy. But if you stay at a hotel which
caters to Americans, they will often have the same phone jacks as those
used in the US. Better still, the hotels may offer Internet access by
ethernet.
[email protected] (Dfcarteach) wrote:
> I am travelling in Germany, Belgium, and Poland this summer for 6 weeks. I
> would like to keep in touch with home by e-mail and have a lap-top I am
> planning on bringing. What, if anything should I do before I leave the USA in
> order to use the internet in Europe?
> Diana
I would look at some of the travel books. They have some instructions
about Internet options such as Internet cafes in those countries. Or
they will refer you to web sites where you can get such info.
As suggested by others, you may consider using Internet cafes instead of
taking your own laptop. If you do so, you would need a web email
address. That is, an email account you can access via a browser such as
Yahoo.
I notice you have an AOL account. You should NOT expect to be able to
log on to AOL from abroad, at least not so easily. I don't know if AOL
allows members to access their email via a browser interface or not.
You may or may not be able to access AOL overseas. I'd ask AOL about
that.
So that may be the biggest obstacle you face, if you have to use your
AOL email account from overseas. It would be much easier if you could
access an email account from any computer via a browser.
But if you take your laptop, you would need to look into different plugs
for your power adapter (they use 220 volts in other parts of the world.
typically, the power bricks which come with laptops operate from 110-220
volts. If your power brick only supports 110 volts, you may need a
voltage converter. Even if you don't need a voltage converter, the
physical plugs used for the electrical outlets are different from
country to country). Besides a plug and perhaps a voltage converter,
you would need a different kind of phone jack plug for your modem, if
you use dial-up internet access. If on the other hand, you use a DSL or
cable modem, you just need an ethernet jack, also called an RJ45 and
possibly an ethernet patch cable.
There are laptop travel kits which have power plug adapters and
telephone jack adapters you can buy. But if you stay at a hotel which
caters to Americans, they will often have the same phone jacks as those
used in the US. Better still, the hotels may offer Internet access by
ethernet.
Jun 3rd 2004, 6:19 pm
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Re: e-mail access?
In article <[email protected]>,
devil <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Wed, 02 Jun 2004 22:02:38 +0200, Wolfgang Schwanke wrote:
>
> > 127.0.0.1 <[email protected]> wrote in
> > news:[email protected]:
> >
> >> you need an account that is web accessible
> >
> > Not necessarily. POP3/SMTP or IMAP work too.
>
> I just telnet into a remote host.
Yeah but most people these days use GUI mail programs.
devil <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Wed, 02 Jun 2004 22:02:38 +0200, Wolfgang Schwanke wrote:
>
> > 127.0.0.1 <[email protected]> wrote in
> > news:[email protected]:
> >
> >> you need an account that is web accessible
> >
> > Not necessarily. POP3/SMTP or IMAP work too.
>
> I just telnet into a remote host.
Yeah but most people these days use GUI mail programs.
Jun 3rd 2004, 7:10 pm
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On Fri, 04 Jun 2004 06:17:45 GMT, poldy <[email protected]> wrote:
>I notice you have an AOL account. You should NOT expect to be able to
>log on to AOL from abroad, at least not so easily.
you can log on to aol from almost any country
stan
>I notice you have an AOL account. You should NOT expect to be able to
>log on to AOL from abroad, at least not so easily.
you can log on to aol from almost any country
stan
Jun 3rd 2004, 8:12 pm
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poldy <[email protected]> wrote in news
oldy-
[email protected]:
> In article <[email protected]>,
> devil <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 02 Jun 2004 22:02:38 +0200, Wolfgang Schwanke wrote:
>>
>> > 127.0.0.1 <[email protected]> wrote in
>> > news:[email protected]:
>> >
>> >> you need an account that is web accessible
>> >
>> > Not necessarily. POP3/SMTP or IMAP work too.
>>
>> I just telnet into a remote host.
>
> Yeah but most people these days use GUI mail programs.
That's just a matter of learning. The real problem is that only a small
minority of ISPs these days offer customers shell access.
Regards
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oldy-[email protected]:
> In article <[email protected]>,
> devil <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 02 Jun 2004 22:02:38 +0200, Wolfgang Schwanke wrote:
>>
>> > 127.0.0.1 <[email protected]> wrote in
>> > news:[email protected]:
>> >
>> >> you need an account that is web accessible
>> >
>> > Not necessarily. POP3/SMTP or IMAP work too.
>>
>> I just telnet into a remote host.
>
> Yeah but most people these days use GUI mail programs.
That's just a matter of learning. The real problem is that only a small
minority of ISPs these days offer customers shell access.
Regards
--
Jetzt kommt das Wirtschaftswunder
http://www.wschwanke.de/ usenet_20031215 (AT) wschwanke (DOT) de
Jun 3rd 2004, 8:13 pm
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"S. WATSON" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> On Fri, 04 Jun 2004 06:17:45 GMT, poldy <[email protected]> wrote:
> >I notice you have an AOL account. You should NOT expect to be able to
> >log on to AOL from abroad, at least not so easily.
> you can log on to aol from almost any country
> stan
I would have thought you could log on to AOL from anywhere.
I'm on AOL and have never not been able to access my account. ie from Spain,
France, SE Asia, Australia etc
Jan
news:[email protected]...
> On Fri, 04 Jun 2004 06:17:45 GMT, poldy <[email protected]> wrote:
> >I notice you have an AOL account. You should NOT expect to be able to
> >log on to AOL from abroad, at least not so easily.
> you can log on to aol from almost any country
> stan
I would have thought you could log on to AOL from anywhere.
I'm on AOL and have never not been able to access my account. ie from Spain,
France, SE Asia, Australia etc
Jan
Jun 4th 2004, 2:40 am
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On Fri, 04 Jun 2004 06:19:33 +0000, poldy wrote:
> In article <[email protected]>,
> devil <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 02 Jun 2004 22:02:38 +0200, Wolfgang Schwanke wrote:
>>
>> > 127.0.0.1 <[email protected]> wrote in
>> > news:[email protected]:
>> >
>> >> you need an account that is web accessible
>> >
>> > Not necessarily. POP3/SMTP or IMAP work too.
>>
>> I just telnet into a remote host.
>
> Yeah but most people these days use GUI mail programs.
That's because they love viruses presumably.
> In article <[email protected]>,
> devil <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 02 Jun 2004 22:02:38 +0200, Wolfgang Schwanke wrote:
>>
>> > 127.0.0.1 <[email protected]> wrote in
>> > news:[email protected]:
>> >
>> >> you need an account that is web accessible
>> >
>> > Not necessarily. POP3/SMTP or IMAP work too.
>>
>> I just telnet into a remote host.
>
> Yeah but most people these days use GUI mail programs.
That's because they love viruses presumably.
