If you have any other methods you wish to share with others, please let me know...
Best method locally:
See Netscape Mail: how to setup your PC to use Netscape for mail for instructions
See Pine: how to setup Pine to get remote inbox for instructions
If you do end up with more than one account, perhaps you would rather consolidate email to one of them.
To forward your email that's coming into your SUnix/CMS Account, go to http://cms.syr.edu/email/aliasing/ and follow the instructions.
To forward your email that's coming into your Physics account, login and create a ".forward" file, the contents being the email you want it forwarded to. You can achieve this easily with this command 'echo email@yahoo.com > .forward'
Be sure to TEST your forwarding to be sure it works! (otherwise you may loose mail)
Also check the email
in the account your having forwarded, as it will only forward NEW mail,
not the existing contents!
Forward a COPY of incoming email to another account:
To forward a COPY of your email that's coming into your Physics account, login and create a ".forward" file, the contents being one line like the following example: \username,otheruser@hotmail.com
This will continue to receive mail into your Physics account AND send a copy to the address you specify.
Be sure to TEST your forwarding to be sure it works! (otherwise you may loose mail)
try registering at
www.mailandnews.com for web based email access anywhere
or new option of
www.mail2web.com that appears quicker than the other
(may insert further instructions here in the future)
Signup for an account
at www.hotmail.com (or any free email that supports checking other mailboxes)
For hotmail, login
and click on "Pop Mail" on the right bar.
Create your settings
similar to the following graphic:
Be sure to check
the "Leave messages on server", otherwise, it will MOVE all of your mail
to your hotmail account.