help with email sharing problem using ICS

[vic99]

I have 2 PC’s networked using Microsoft ICS and they are connected to each other with a Cat5 crossover cable. Both PC’s run WinMe and use Outlook Express. The host PC is connected directly to the internet via cable modem (RR) and RR is the ISP. The annoying problem I’m having is that 75% of the inbound email messages go only to the inbox of the host PC, and the remaining 25% go only to the inbox of the client PC. This means I must continually check 2 PCs in order to retrieve 100% of my email messages. What a pain! Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance…….Steve

 

[devst8n]

This may be a simple fix, and pardon if it is..but have you verified that the email client on outlook is downloading the appropriate messages? Do you have the same account name in the logon settings? You might want to check that. if its the same account I could see how the systems are sharing the same email account. Does the second computer have a different email account from your provider?

 

[vic99]

Thanks for the suggestion. Everything in the two PC's is set up the same so I'll make a change in that regard.