On Sat, 2004-09-25 at 18:52, Volker Kuhlmann wrote: > > I'm configuring Kmail to pickup my various mailboxes and put them into an > > appropriate folder > > Good > > > The hotmail host is http (as in > > my Outlook settings) for incoming mail. So how do I configure the PoP3 menu > > in Kmail.? > > POP3 allows you to pick up mail using the POP3 protocol. If your > email-provider doesn't allow you to pick up mail via POP3 (only the > really really bad ones don't), you could get them to automatically > forward the mail to another address, from which you can pick it up with > POP3 then. As far as I know[1], hotmail offers neither of those > features.
you are correct > I suggest you use a better email provider. > hehehehe of course we all know how hard it was for microsoft to wean hotmail off its unix servers when they bought it LOL > Volker > > [1] You wouldn't see me dead using hotmail so I don't care enough to > check. I think there is a script called gotmail that will download from hotmail.
