HI everyone,

The IHOP trial has now ended. Thank you so much for all your hard work. With your help, we have successfully released the Remote WebTV Mail features. I have filed a few feature requests as the result of your feedback.

Feature Requests Filed:

1. Currently, WebTV only allows you to fetch email from one account. Previewers would like to be able to fetch from several mail accounts. They would also like a drop down menu so they can choose which POP account to fetch (Outlook and Outlook Express has this functionality).
2. Request to be able to fetch mail from mail boxes other than their Inbox i.e. Saved folder.
3. Request to be able to use a pocket mail device to fetch email i.e. "Sharp TM20 pocketmail device."

In order to wrap up this trial, I would like you all to complete the following short survey. Some of the questions appear to be duplicates, but they pertain specifically to the mail program you are using, so those of you using more than one mail program can provide focused feedback:

IHOP Survey

Thanks! Andrea

Hellooooo IHOP will start 5/24/00

Hello IHOPers!

If you have a computer or a second WebTV unit, this post is for you. If not, don't worry, I'll post something else for you soon! Promise!

The IHOP service trial starts (5/23/00), so here are some instructions on getting started and things I would like you to test.

This trial will be a short one, which makes it all the more important for us to complete as much testing as possible in the coming week.

Please post all questions, comments and problems to your newsgroup. If you identify a bug, please be sure to note it in your newsgroup and then file a problem report. Lastly, I will be monitoring the newsgroups, so feel free to direct questions, comments, and suggestions to me in the newsgroup.

How to set up Remote WebTV Mail in WebTV:

1. Go to "Mail".
2. Go to "Settings".
3. Select "Remote mail".
4. Select "Remote WebTV mail".
5. Select "Continue".
6. Follow the instructions listed on the screen and make sure you put a check mark in the box to "Allow remote access".
7. Be sure to read "Important Tips for your POP 3 Password" below before creating your password.
8. The POP server name displayed currently says pop.webtv.net, for this trial please use pop-bsg.webtv.net

Completing the set up using your PC:

The instructions for completing the setup on your PC can be found by selecting "Help" at the end of the "Remote WebTV mail" set up screen.

Or

In Mail, go to Help>Detailed instructions> Remote mail>Remote mail Help>Detailed instructions>WebTV mail.

Completing the set up using your other WebTV unit: (Note: At this time, it is unclear if we will officially support POP3 mail from WebTV to WebTV)

1. Go to "Mail".
2. Go to "Settings".
3. Select "Remote mail".
4. Select "Other remote mail"
5. Enter the user name of the account you want to retrieve mail from. (Do not include @webtv.net)
6. Enter the password you set up on your other WebTV unit.
7. Enter the POP 3 server name "pop-bsg.webtv.net"
8. Once you have completed the set up on both units, then try the test cases below.

Important Tips for your POP 3 Password:

• Password must be between 7 and 18 characters in length.
• Use only alphabetical or numerical characters.
• The password should NOT be one that you can find in a dictionary.

• Send links.
• Send pictures.
• Send attachments (video, audio).
• If you have more than one email program try each of them individually.
• If you have more than one email program have all of them activated. (Note: to test this, you must select the option to leave mail on the server.)
• Try subscribing to list servers to see how quickly you get mail in each account.
• Try flooding your mailbox with mail to test load impact.
• Leave mail on server.
• Opt not to leave mail on server.
• Opt not to leave mail on server.
• For each scenario, I will want to know if what happened is what you expected.
• Please be sure to provide error messages and steps to reproduce.

Have fun everyone! I look forward to your feedback! Andrea (prevueac@corp.webtv.net)

Hello everyone!

I am pleased to announce that we are starting a new service trial. The new feature is actually a modification of an existing feature, "Remote Mail".

Currently with "Remote Mail", users can use their WebTV unit to retrieve email from other email accounts, i.e. Hotmail or MS Outlook. The new feature works in reverse, allowing users to retrieve their WebTV email from a PC or another WebTV unit. Pretty neat, huh?

Here are some scenarios on how this feature will work:

WebTV to PC

Joe has a computer at work and a WebTV unit in his living room. He has used an MSN account for several years and was thrilled to learn that he can now access his WebTV email from both Outlook Express and WebTV.

WebTV to WebTV

Bill and Eileen are retired and use their WebTV to communicate with friends and family. They travel a lot, and one thing they love about WebTV when they are not at home is e-mail. With the new "WebTV Remote Email" feature, they are able to access their WebTV e-mail from their friend's and family's computers as they visit. Therefore, they can access their WebTV mail from Hotmail, or from another WebTV box.

For this service trial, we will only be testing "Remote WebTV Mail" with:

• Outlook
• Outlook Express
• Hotmail

Please complete this survey (select URL below), so we can determine who is best suited for this particular aspect of the trial.

Remote WebTV Mail Survey

Thanks!

Andrea

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