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Can I retrieve my email that is setup on my home computer from my work computer?

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Windows Vista includes around 2400 group policy settings, which lets administrators specify settings for groups of computers, especially in a domain. Group policy can be set and edited via the Group Policy Management Console (GPMC) is provided as a MMC snap-in, or by using the Group Policy editor object. It uses a new XML based policy definition file format, known as ADMX. ADMX files contain the configuration settings for individual Group Policy Objects (GPO). For domain based GPOs, the ADMX files can be centrally stored, and all computers on the domain will retrieve them to configure themselves, using the File Replication Service, which is used to replicate files on a configured system from a remote location. The Group Policy service is no longer attached with the Winlogon service, rather it runs as a service on its own. Group Policy event message are now logged in the system event log. Group Policy objects in Windows Vista can also be applied on a per-user basis. Group Policy uses Network Location Awareness to update the configuration based on changes in network configuration.

— Source: Wikipedia (www.wikipedia.org)