Subject does most of the work here, but I'll expand. [edit] Maybe if I had just RTFM'd harder I would've found my answers... I think this will help, but leaving the post up in case anybody else has ...
I've found myself in a situation where I need send/receive mail to/from a remote network (work). I am able to receive mail just fine (using pops, imaps) on my home desktop (debian testing/unstable ...