Brian Heinrich wrote: > Garth Wallace wrote: > >> 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. >> > > True, but at least I can directly access it in Mozilla without having to > go thro' the log-in process, so that's all right by me, since, as I > said, it's usually choc-a-bloc with spam. And it's almost quicker to do > it that way than to have OE check it, so I'm not complaining. > > But I'll ask the question I didn't ask before: are there HTTP mail > services that might be accessible thro' Mozilla? Of the two with which > I have any acquaintance, Hotmail is proprietary, and canada.com seems > not to support that kind of access. . . .
I think most webmail providers do just what it sounds like--allow access to email over the web (i.e. through webpages and CGI). Some may also allow access through the standard email protocols: POP3 (or IMAP) and SMTP. Funky nonstandard mail protocols are fortunately rare.
