These Webmail extensions are not able to provide IMAP access to Hotmail or Yahoo currently.
IMAP has been free and available for quite a while for all Hotmail accounts provided you use a Microsoft provided mail client. The current freely available Microsoft mail client is Windows Live Mail and it provides free IMAP access to all Hotmail accounts without exception. There has been discussion in this forum of freely available IMAP access on free Yahoo accounts via Thunderbird. The IMAP servers for Yahoo require extra support that is not supported by the current versions of Thunderbird. There is apparently a modified version of Thunderbird that can be downloaded which has the necessary support for the free IMAP servers of Yahoo. The link to one of the threads is below. However, please be aware that using a modified version of Thunderbird from a site not operated by the Thunderbird developers would be entirely at your own risk. http://groups.google.com/group/thunderbird-webmail-extension/browse_thread/thread/bd7b6ea8ce420eab/975b286822c02de7?lnk=gst&q=Yahoo+IMAP#975b286822c02de7 On Dec 7, 2:25 pm, KE4AVB <[email protected]> wrote: > Currently Hotmail and Yahoo don't support IMAP for free accounts as > far as I know. Webmail is go between these account webmail pages and > TB and is very good at it too. There are some limitations but is good > work around especially for Hotmail that is not willing to provide free > imap access > > If you do have paid IMAP access to these accounts then you need to > setup them as IMAP accounts. You don't use webmail to setup these > accounts instead you use "email account" and when you get to incoming > server type you select IMAP instead of POP3 and fill the appropriate > addresses as needed. You will need set your port numbers as needed > under server setting for your which ever account you are setting up. > Don't forget setup the smtp account for each these accounts. > > I can send you example of setting AOL's imap account that should help > understand what info is needed to setup your imaps. > > Eugene > > On Dec 6, 6:17 am, sancho <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi, > > > I have just installed WebMail 1.3.3, with Yahoo 1.4.6 and Hotmail > > 1.2.24, Thunderbird portable 2.0.0.23, WinXP SP2. > > > I have the standard installation, with no domain handlers available > > for IMAP. How can I do to have Yahoo and Hotmail with IMAP? I could > > not find any reference on how to install domain handlers. > > > Thanks a lot! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Thunderbird Webmail Extension" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/thunderbird-webmail-extension?hl=en.
