Brian Heinrich wrote: > Christopher Jahn wrote: > >> And it came to pass that Brian Heinrich wrote: >> >> >>> Thanks. URL is http://ufaq.org (just ufaq will send you to >>> a .com site). But downloading AIM just so I can access my >>> Web Mail account is, well, dumb. >>> >> >> >> It's easier to use AIM to access Webmail's proprietary format than to >> re-write Mozilla Mail to do it. >> >> > > Agreed. > > The comment was more of a fit of pique with AOL/T-W on my part than > anything. Why would I want to download a chat client that's a pain in > the ass to remove fully and completely when no-one I know uses it? And > it's not like I make /that/ much use of my Web Mail account. > > After finding myself using recent Mozilla builds with increasing > regularity, I've pretty much made the switch over. Even on my old P-200 > box, it runs well (unlike, say, NS 6.2.1), and it's ever more stable. > > Now if only it would support HTTP mail so I could check my Hotmail > account, which is usually so full of spam I can't find any legit > messages. . . . (Yeesh. . . .)
That's another proprietary protocol. And Microsoft is *really* unlikely to open it up to Mozilla developers, just their own in-house staff who work on Outlook.
