Tnx, Alan for clearing this up for me as I was under the impression that only paid users were able to the imap at Hotmail site and I didn't that there was a problem with TB using Yahoo's imap service because additional requirements. Maybe someday we get things all put together but of course someone will change things again.
I was left out in cold when Microsoft changed the Hotmail service as I was using OE6 with Win 2000 Pro. They and myself were unable to even get the pop3 service to work with my version OE6.It was going cost me around $250.00 -$500.00 to install a new operating system just so I could use their site; otherwise, service said I would need to have their paid service. Thanks to Thunderbird and its webmail extension I can still get my emails. I now only use their service on limited basic as I now use primary Gmail. The Hotmail site also was giving me problems when I sent encrypted emails as they apparently attempt to open the emails to add their little site messages. The only way I could get around the problem was to send the messages as attachments. Eugene On Dec 7, 7:56 pm, alanrf <[email protected]> wrote: > 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_t... > > 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.
