Re: Desktop client(Evolution, Thunderbird): Yahoo, ymail, rocketmail IMAP access

2011-08-14 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 14/08/11 15:09, yudi v wrote: Hi, Is Yahoo, Ymail, Rocketmail access (I am talking about the free access, not paid) still restricted using IMAP. I was using Zimbra and it works fine. Just installed a new system and was wondering if Yahoo made IMAP accessible to all the clients like Evolution

Re: Desktop client(Evolution, Thunderbird): Yahoo, ymail, rocketmail IMAP access

2011-08-14 Thread yudi v
For Yahoo the answer is yes, and no. Yahoo provide IMAP access but try and restrict it to mobile devices that won't run their Zimbra client. You'll have to make your MUA spoof a mobile device id - and you'll be on a treadmill... imap.mail.yahoo.com; SSL – port 993 My question was

Re: Desktop client(Evolution, Thunderbird): Yahoo, ymail, rocketmail IMAP access

2011-08-14 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 14/08/11 17:05, yudi v wrote: For Yahoo the answer is yes, and no. Yahoo provide IMAP access but try and restrict it to mobile devices that won't run their Zimbra client. You'll have to make your MUA spoof a mobile device id - and you'll be on a treadmill...

Re: Desktop client(Evolution, Thunderbird): Yahoo, ymail, rocketmail IMAP access

2011-08-14 Thread John L. Cunningham
On Sun, Aug 14, 2011 at 05:05:46PM +1000, yudi v wrote: I would like to move away from Zimbra (it's not Yahoo owned anymore), and was curious if any other desktop clients could access Yahoo mail. It works well enough with Mutt. Yahoo does tend to disconnect the IMAP session if I dawdle. It's

Re: Desktop client(Evolution, Thunderbird): Yahoo, ymail, rocketmail IMAP access

2011-08-14 Thread yudi v
I guess the status quo has not changed over the last 4 years. There are lot of hacks for different clients but was hoping yahoo would make the IMAP access freely available. Scott's suggestion to make MUA spoof a mobile device id or to use Mutt dont look like much of an improvement over Zimbra.

Desktop client(Evolution, Thunderbird): Yahoo, ymail, rocketmail IMAP access

2011-08-13 Thread yudi v
Hi, Is Yahoo, Ymail, Rocketmail access (I am talking about the free access, not paid) still restricted using IMAP. I was using Zimbra and it works fine. Just installed a new system and was wondering if Yahoo made IMAP accessible to all the clients like Evolution and Thunderbird. Or is my only