Brian & Becky Hanson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED], on 01 Jan 2002: > <snippet from project page> > The goals are to: > 1. Document the HTTPMail protocol; > 2. Provide at least one client implementation of the > HTTPMail protocol; and > 3. Generally allow access to Hotmail other than through > the web interface.
MS does not want you to use anything other than the web site (which they can control) or their own software. When other software starts supporting Hotmail, MS will change the interface and break every other client just so you must use their software/web sites. They *want* you to either use their software or view the web site, then they control what you see and how you see it. Just as AOL wants you to use AIM so you have to see their advertising. If anything gets popular enough to start affecting the number of people using the real AIM, AOL changes the protocol and kills all the other clients. Perhaps a little underhanded, but it's their software, their protocol, their network, they can do whatever they want. If they want to require you sacrifice a chicken before each IM you send, they can (though maybe not legally...). MS won't let you use Mozilla Mail to access hotmail. At least, not for long, you'd have to deal with constantly updating Mozilla Mail to keep up with MS breaking it -- ICQ: N/A (temporarily) AIM: FlyersR1 9 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _ = m
