How to Check Your E-Mail When You Travel

With the increasing use of the internet and e-mail, it has become necessary to stay in touch with loved ones or business clients even when you are travelling. I have written a couple of tips that may help you on how to check your e-mail when you travel.

Checking your e-mail involves two basic steps and they are connecting to the internet and actually checking your e-mail. Connecting to the internet actually depends on where you are and what computer you are using. Almost all laptops have a modem built-in and you may also have an Ethernet card. Connecting via Ethernet card is preferred as this gives a faster connection. If you have all the necessary cables and jacks, all you need is to configure your network settings. You can obtain these by consulting with the customer service of your hotel. If you don’t have Ethernet and will be connecting via a modem, you will need to obtain a telephone number that can be dialled and the appropriate software to go with it. I highly suggest testing this before leaving home since there are many possibilities for error.

Apart from using the Ethernet card and the modem in your laptop, most laptops are also equipped with WiFi capability. This makes it easier to connect to the internet even in public areas that offer the service. But be wary of these public connections especially if you are checking e-mails that contain personal information.

If you don’t have your own laptop, you are sadly constrained to using what computer is locally available. In some cases you may be able to use a public computer in your hotel lobby, a computer at an internet café or at a public library. Remember to clear the history and cache of the web browser before leaving so no one can get access to any information you may have entered.

Once you’re connected to the internet, you can now proceed to checking your e-mail. Famous e-mail hosts like Yahoo are fairly easy to have to check. Once you’re connected to the internet, just type in the web address of your e-mail host, log in with your information and check your e-mails.

If you have a POP e-mail client like Eudora, Thunderbird or Outlook Express, checking your e-mail is a simple matter of re-configuring the settings. Do note that the “allow authentication” box must be checked in the mail client settings in order to be able to send mail even when you’re not on your own computer. After the settings are changed, you can both read and send e-mail as you normally would.

It’s fairly easy to do this. You really just have to know the processes it takes on how to check your e-mail when you travel.