How to Read Emails Offline?

Rosemarie44

Hi Techies,

I have email accounts with yahoo, hotmail and google. Is it possible to read these emails offline? If so, could someone please explain in simple language how I would do that?

Rosemarie44

muckybutt

Do you mean on a smart phone ? or some other way ?

Rosemarie44

Thanks.

On my laptop (MacBook Pro). I will be going on a cruise and internet access is very expensive so I want to download my emails and type my replies offline and then connect to the internet to send.

earthstorm

Rosemarie44 wrote: »

Thanks.

On my laptop (MacBook Pro). I will be going on a cruise and internet access is very expensive so I want to download my emails and type my replies offline and then connect to the internet to send.

you will need an active internet connection to connect to the email server to download emails.

paddyrg

GMail offer offline email through a chrome browser app

Gah, can't post link, in chrome goto the store and search gmail offline

earthstorm

paddyrg wrote: »

GMail offer offline email through a chrome browser app

Gah, can't post link, in chrome goto the store and search gmail offline

your link fails, this is the correct link

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/gmail-offline/ejidjjhkpiempkbhmpbfngldlkglhimk

Funky_Bold_Ribena

Rosemarie44 wrote: »

Thanks.

On my laptop (MacBook Pro). I will be going on a cruise and internet access is very expensive so I want to download my emails and type my replies offline and then connect to the internet to send.

go to 'mail' on your mac; then using 'mail', 'preferences', 'accounts' you can add your email accounts and it will download the emails when it accesses the internet using wireless technology [airport].

cookie365

You mean when not connected to the internet? Most email clients will allow you to download entire messages so you can read them when not connected to the internet.

What email client do you use at the moment?

Rosemarie44

Thanks for the replies guys! For clarification, I know I'll need to access the internet to access my emails but then I want to download them, read and reply and then re-connect to send my replies so that I'm not paying for internet for the whole time while I read through the emails.

flashg67

Presuming you're buying internet access in minutes rather than download amounts, why not just download the emails then switch off the internet - eg. disable the wireless adapter or unplug the ethernet cable, then re-enable/plug back in when you're ready to send?

Rosemarie44

Internet access on the cruise ships is charged per minute ($0.75 per minute). I'll give it a go - thanks!