From The Naked PC issue #5.06...

Outlook in a Browser

by T.J. Lee
March 14, 2002

If you have one of the freebie email accounts like Hotmail then you've used your browser to access email. Some ISPs will allow you to use a Web browser interface to access your email account as well.

Email in a browser window can be a truly wonderful convenience. It allows you to check your email from any computer with an Internet connection. You don't need to be running a particular email client and you don't have to configure anything on the computer you're using that would retain your email account information. You pop up the browser, access the URL that points to your email account, type in your credentials when prompted and bang! You're in your inbox and can read, reply, and send mail.

But when it comes to accessing your email at work, convenience can be a very different story. Often times the only remote access to an email client like Outlook is to a have virtual private network (VPN) tunnel access to your company network. This requires a VPN client be set up on the PC that you'll use to access your company network and can be a bit complicated to set up and use. You need access through the company firewall as well.

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