Sending email to your self

[still kicking]

I have bought a new Laptop since the old one got to slow. So my question is can I send mail from the old one to the new one? Since both use the same mail address? Can I send mail to myself? I know my old laptop has to be charged up again since the battery will be flat, but is at possible to do that? Don't tell me to send it to cloud I know nothing about it.

[richard_smith237]

  On 11/17/2024 at 5:25 PM, still kicking said:

I have bought a new Laptop since the old one got to slow. So my question is can I send mail from the old one to the new one? Since both use the same mail address? Can I send mail to myself? I know my old laptop has to be charged up again since the battery will be flat, but is at possible to do that? Don't tell me to send it to cloud I know nothing about it.

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You can send an e-mail to yourself from any account on any computer...  the old computer or the new one you are using now.

 

 

 

 

 

[still kicking]

  On 11/17/2024 at 5:43 PM, richard_smith237 said:

 

You can send an e-mail to yourself from any account on any computer...  the old computer or the new one you are using now.

 

 

 

 

 

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Thanks I try 

[NoDisplayName]

  On 11/17/2024 at 5:25 PM, still kicking said:

I have bought a new Laptop since the old one got to slow. So my question is can I send mail from the old one to the new one? Since both use the same mail address? Can I send mail to myself? I know my old laptop has to be charged up again since the battery will be flat, but is at possible to do that? Don't tell me to send it to cloud I know nothing about it.

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The emails all live on the hotmail/google/whatever servers, NOT in your computer.  That's why you can't access your email without an internet connection.

 

On whatever device, you go online using a browser, open your email account and send to any email account.  None of that lives on your hard drive unless you upload/download attachments.

 

You can open your hotmail account on your laptop AND your phone simultaneously and send message to/from your email account.

 

With email open on both devices, send an email to yourself from one of them.  Go to the other device, and you can see that same message in the 'sent' folder before it reaches the inbox.

 

Anyhoo, if what I think you're asking is can you send all your old emails from your old computer to your new computer, that's not necessary.

 

If you're asking about attachments/files you've downloaded previously, then you need to transfer those to your new hard drive manually.  If they came from old emails that have not been deleted, you can open those emails on your new computer and download them again.

 

 

[ravip]

Since both use the same mail address? 

 

If both PC's use the same email address/account, you should see all your emails on both exactly the same.

For whatever reason you want to send an email to yourself, you can do on either PC and you will see it on both.

 

Example:

If abc123 (at) email dot com is your email address, if you send an email from that address to the same address, both PC's will show the same.

(or, have I misunderstood your question?)

[chiang mai]

Attaching important files to an email  and sending them to yourself, is a useful way to back up documents, if you have no other means.

[mikebell]

  On 11/18/2024 at 12:48 AM, chiang mai said:

Attaching important files to an email  and sending them to yourself, is a useful way to back up documents, if you have no other means.

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Agreed.  My gripe is; this is limited to the size of the attachment which is quite small.

[Hawaiian]

  On 11/18/2024 at 12:48 AM, chiang mai said:

Attaching important files to an email  and sending them to yourself, is a useful way to back up documents, if you have no other means.

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I send emails that contain valuable information from my primary account (aol) to my alternate account (gmail) in case for some reason that account goes down, gets locked or the email is somehow deleted.

 

[gamb00ler]

  On 11/17/2024 at 5:25 PM, still kicking said:

I have bought a new Laptop since the old one got to slow. So my question is can I send mail from the old one to the new one? Since both use the same mail address? Can I send mail to myself? I know my old laptop has to be charged up again since the battery will be flat, but is at possible to do that? Don't tell me to send it to cloud I know nothing about it.

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Please share what you want to accomplish.  There are many methods to move data from one computer to another.  Using email to accomplish this is only practical for small amounts of data.  Email will not be of much assistance in making your new computer look or function similarly to your old one. 

[StraightTalk]

  On 11/18/2024 at 12:48 AM, chiang mai said:

Attaching important files to an email  and sending them to yourself, is a useful way to back up documents, if you have no other means.

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Why would you need to back up an email message or document that originated from you? After all, as the sender, you already possess the original. Additionally, the email, along with its attachments, is conveniently stored in your Sent folder, readily available for you to save or organize in your preferred location for important files. Or did I misunderstand the context of this conversation?

[chiang mai]

  On 11/18/2024 at 3:17 AM, StraightTalk said:

Why would you need to back up an email message or document that originated from you? After all, as the sender, you already possess the original. Additionally, the email, along with its attachments, is conveniently stored in your Sent folder, readily available for you to save or organize in your preferred location for important files. Or did I misunderstand the context of this conversation?

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You don't have to be the author of the attachment 

[richard_smith237]

  On 11/18/2024 at 1:00 AM, mikebell said:

  On 11/18/2024 at 12:48 AM, chiang mai said:

Attaching important files to an email  and sending them to yourself, is a useful way to back up documents, if you have no other means.

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Agreed.  My gripe is; this is limited to the size of the attachment which is quite small.

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You don't need this - Drop Box is a great option for having...

a) an online backup of important documents. 

b) the ability to access your documents with a log-in (from anywhere).

[Grumpy one]

  On 11/17/2024 at 5:46 PM, still kicking said:

Thanks I try 

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But will you reply when it arrives  

[richard_smith237]

  On 11/18/2024 at 3:17 AM, StraightTalk said:

Why would you need to back up an email message or document that originated from you? After all, as the sender, you already possess the original. Additionally, the email, along with its attachments, is conveniently stored in your Sent folder, readily available for you to save or organize in your preferred location for important files. Or did I misunderstand the context of this conversation?

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[Muhendis]

  On 11/18/2024 at 12:48 AM, chiang mai said:

Attaching important files to an email  and sending them to yourself, is a useful way to back up documents, if you have no other means.

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Not just important files.

You can share Youtube videos the same way if you're so inclined.

[hkt83100]

  On 11/17/2024 at 6:04 PM, NoDisplayName said:

The emails all live on the hotmail/google/whatever servers, NOT in your computer. 

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I recommend reading about the difference between imap and pop3. Thank you for your attention.

[richard_smith237]

  On 11/18/2024 at 5:34 AM, hkt83100 said:

  On 11/17/2024 at 6:04 PM, NoDisplayName said:

The emails all live on the hotmail/google/whatever servers, NOT in your computer. 

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I recommend reading about the difference between imap and pop3. Thank you for your attention.

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Unless the Op has a 'service provider account'...  Its most likely he has an e-mail account accessible from any device, such as g-mail, hotmail, yahoo etc...    I think this is most common, particularly for people who have moved around.

[NoDisplayName]

  On 11/18/2024 at 5:34 AM, hkt83100 said:

I recommend reading about the difference between imap and pop3. Thank you for your attention.

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OP appears not to be technology-inclined.

 

Assume he has the most basic setup, in which case he likely signed up for a free hotmail account a decade ago and hasn't set up any complicated popamapawhosiwhatsitthingamabobs.  Just a simple email.

 

No point in confusing him until he returns to clarify.

[scottiejohn]

  On 11/18/2024 at 3:36 AM, Grumpy one said:

But will you reply when it arrives  

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Only if he understands it!😆

[khunPer]

Is it because you have a mail program/app/reader installed on your laptop instead of using a cloud mail service like Google and Hotmail?

 

If that is the case, just export/copy you e-mail files to an USB-stick and move it to the new laptop.

[RocketDog]

  On 11/17/2024 at 5:25 PM, still kicking said:

I have bought a new Laptop since the old one got to slow. So my question is can I send mail from the old one to the new one? Since both use the same mail address? Can I send mail to myself? I know my old laptop has to be charged up again since the battery will be flat, but is at possible to do that? Don't tell me to send it to cloud I know nothing about it.

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Ah.........have you ever added yourself to the send to list and gotten the mail a few seconds later?

 

Of course you can.

I do it regularly if I want to remember I sent a mail without going to the sent folder to find it.

[Scouse123]

  On 11/17/2024 at 5:25 PM, still kicking said:

I have bought a new Laptop since the old one got to slow. So my question is can I send mail from the old one to the new one? Since both use the same mail address? Can I send mail to myself? I know my old laptop has to be charged up again since the battery will be flat, but is at possible to do that? Don't tell me to send it to cloud I know nothing about it.

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You short of friends to send you emails?

[chiang mai]

  On 11/18/2024 at 3:17 AM, StraightTalk said:

Why would you need to back up an email message or document that originated from you? After all, as the sender, you already possess the original. Additionally, the email, along with its attachments, is conveniently stored in your Sent folder, readily available for you to save or organize in your preferred location for important files. Or did I misunderstand the context of this conversation?

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You may or may not be the author of the attachment that you wish to protect and keep safe. Downloading it to your own device and then attaching it to an email sent to your self accomplishes that. The document in question may not have originated via an inbound email from another person, it may be an Excel worksheet, a PDF from the web, a USB transferred document etc etc etc.

[scottiejohn]

  On 11/18/2024 at 9:43 AM, chiang mai said:

You may or may not be the author of the attachment that you wish to protect and keep safe.

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It will not be safe if your E-Mail is hacked!

For safe storage under 5GB just put the stuff in your One Drive Vault if you use Windows.

I Gmail and I assume Apple based systems have similar!

[richard_smith237]

  On 11/18/2024 at 10:04 AM, scottiejohn said:

It will not be safe if your E-Mail is hacked!

For safe storage under 5GB just put the stuff in your One Drive Vault if you use Windows.

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Anything could get hacked - your e-mail server, your one drive, dropbox etc... nothing is perfectly safe online - there are just different degrees of difficulty for strangers to gain access.

 

  On 11/18/2024 at 10:04 AM, scottiejohn said:

I Gmail and I assume Apple based systems have similar!

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DropBox - works on whatever ecosystem you are using.

 

 

[scottiejohn]

  On 11/18/2024 at 10:08 AM, richard_smith237 said:

 

Anything could get hacked - your e-mail server, your one drive, dropbox etc... nothing is perfectly safe online - there are just different degrees of difficulty for strangers to gain access.

 

 

DropBox - works on whatever ecosystem you are using.

 

 

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I agree but the "vault" in one drive does give an extra layer of security over just your standard email password!

PS; I did not know that DropBox was multi platform! Thanks!

[Confuscious]

I use the fre version of MEGA.NZ, https://mega.io/.
20 GB of free data storage.
Very good to store important files you want to access from anywhere.
No need to be a "Nerd" to creat an account.

 

[JetsetBkk]

I've always done it, and still do, as a check that the email has been sent successfully and as a record of what I've sent. I include myself in the bcc: field. 

[KannikaP]

  On 11/17/2024 at 5:46 PM, still kicking said:

Thanks I try 

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So did I. I said Good Morning to myself!

[KannikaP]

  On 11/19/2024 at 12:30 AM, JetsetBkk said:

I've always done it, and still do, as a check that the email has been sent successfully and as a record of what I've sent. I include myself in the bcc: field. 

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Are they not saved in your 'Sent' folder?