[Hidden-tech] Retreiving Website Email for Client with AOL Mail

[Robert Heller]

At Wed, 2 Apr 2008 14:04:33 -0400 "David Shakun" <dshakun at gmail.com> wrote:

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> Thanks for this suggestion.  The limitation here is that when she replies,
> the reply address would be her AOL address, rather than her website address.

Depending on her E-Mail client, it *should* be possible to change this. 
Unless the stock AOL E-Mail client won't let her do that.

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> David
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> On Mon, Mar 31, 2008 at 9:12 AM, Richard Resnick <richardres at gmail.com>
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> > A third and really simple option would be to forward email from the new
> > account to her AOL account. Of course this is made easier (or harder) by the
> > exact configuration of the new account. If she has ownership of the domain
> > most domain name service providers provide an email forwarding option like
> > this. The benefit is of course simplicity and that your customer's familiar
> > user interface doesn't change.
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> > Good luck.
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> > On Mar 30, 2008, at 9:30 PM, "David Shakun" <dshakun at gmail.com> wrote:
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> > > Hi,
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> > > I have a web development client who would like to receive email sent to
> > > her website.  She uses AOL Mail, which does not have the capability to fetch
> > > mail from a POP account, as does Gmail.
> > > The two options I see are:
> > > Install an email client like Thunderbird to retrieve messages from both
> > > accounts.  An email client of course does not have the same versatility of
> > > access as web-based email.
> > > Move her to Gmail, with its general advantages over AOL mail.  This
> > > would include importing her AOL messages and contacts from AOL, which I have
> > > read must be done via download to an email client and then upload to Gmail.
> > > Have you developers had experience with this or a related scenario?
> > >  What do you recommend?
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> > > Thanks,
> > > David Shakun
> > > Integral Systems Consulting
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