Has anybody tried the GotMail program? I don't have a hotmail account so I can't test it. I do have a Yahoo account and access it through Pine every day. On Sat, 1 Sep 2001, Franki wrote: > hotmail is not using pop3, but outlook express is setup to interface with > their http setup.. so I use that occasionally too. > > yahoo offer free email accounts and you can access them using either web or > true pop3.. > > I have fetchmail collecting my girlfriends mail from her yahoo account and > delivering it to a local mailbox for her every 15 minutes... > > works great.. > > rgds > > frank > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Arthur H. Johnson > II > Sent: Saturday, 1 September 2001 7:14 AM > To: LinuxNewbie (E-mail) > Subject: Re: [newbie] hotmail like platform for linux? > > > > Hotmail doesn't have pop or imap access? Wiggie. If they did you could > access it that way. > > Anyhoo, you could use this program from a box thats up all the time: > > http://www.hawkins.emu.id.au/gotmail/ > > On Fri, 31 Aug 2001, Mark Johnson wrote: > > > Just curious, would anyone out there be interested in a web based email > > system that can be used with say Evolution or KMail or something. For > > example, I have a hotmail account which makes things really convient when > > travelling because you can always check email where ever you are. But I > > actually don't prefere to read and write from a web based email system. > > However, hotmail is integrated with Outlook Express so I can use my > hotmail > > account just like my other SMTP/POP3 email accounts and this makes things > > quite nice. > > > > It would be nice if mandrake or ximian or whoever could provide a web > based > > email accounts that are integrated in KMail or Evolution, I would dump my > > hotmail account and go for a mandrake or ximian account instead and then I > > could be one step closer to running linux 100% of the time. > > > > Anybody think this would be a good idea? > > > > > > > > > > -- > Arthur H. Johnson II > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > The Linux Box > http://www.linuxbox.nu > > > > > -- Arthur H. Johnson II [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Linux Box http://www.linuxbox.nu
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