How do I use Mail on a shared internet connection

Hello All;
I've tried searching the forums, and either I'm using the wrong search terms, or this question is so basic no one else is having problems....
My wife and will sometimes be in a hotel that has an ethernet cable for internet access. We both travel with our laptops (sad life, I know...) and use the internet. We usually plug the cable into her MBP and then I set up internet sharing to my iBook. Which works fine, except that Mail can't make a connection and I have to check my email accounts by going to the browser interface for each. I have several, which is why I set Mail up to work with them. Not a big problem, but annoying. Finally, sitting here in Ottawa I decided to do something about it since I'm waiting for it to warm up a bit - its something like -20C this morning.
Is it as simple as turning off the MBP's firewall? Or adjusting it? I don't like playing with the security settings, if I don't have to, for her MBP because it is vital for her work.
We are both using 10.4.11, and as stated above - she has a Mac Book Pro and I'm using a G4 iBook.
Thanks in advance....
Brrrrr - its cold out there.....

Hello Seth.
I believe you must go to System Preferences > Sharing > Firewall on the computer that shares its Internet connection and enable the ports that Mail needs, i.e. click on the New button, choose Other from the Port Name popup menu to name that setting however you wish, and specify the port number(s) there.
Also, go to Apple Menu > System Preferences > Network, choose Network Port Configurations from the Show popup menu, and make sure that the configuration used to connect to Internet appears at the top of the list on each computer.
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TCP/IP: Ports And Firewalls Explained
"Well Known" TCP and UDP Ports Used By Apple Software Products

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