Sherpa Posted May 28, 2004 Report Share Posted May 28, 2004 How do you configure Kontact or Evolution to check mail from a hotmail account, Is it possible? i have my Kopete logged into my msn messenger account, but that is only because it had preset settings. Which program do you prefer Kontact, Evolution, or another? :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sttroopers Posted May 28, 2004 Report Share Posted May 28, 2004 I dont think you can even do it with windows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HJ Posted May 28, 2004 Report Share Posted May 28, 2004 With outlook you can access hotmail. But with linux it's trickier. Take a look here... http://hotwayd.sourceforge.net/ I've never used it, but I guess it's worth a look for ya. -HJ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iainvt Posted May 28, 2004 Report Share Posted May 28, 2004 the instasll in fairly simple unless you have mdk 10 oe, if you do reply back and i'll walk you through. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherpa Posted May 28, 2004 Author Report Share Posted May 28, 2004 i have mdk 10 oe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iainvt Posted May 28, 2004 Report Share Posted May 28, 2004 (edited) dont install hotwayd or hotsmtpd from plf, download the gz file from source forge, you will need to preemp by installing from package manager the gcc compiler, xml2 packages, cyrus packages (infact anything listed under sals and xml) then tar -xzvf hotwayd......... cd hotwayd....... ./configure then make you should get a reply saying possible to make hotwayd and hotsmptd su pswd make install make clean reboot netstat -lp look for port 2500 and pop3 both listening then we are nearly there change ownership of the etc file, add the hotsmptd.xinetd and hotwayd.xinetd scripts to etc (ensure you edit to put the correct path of your hotwayd and hotsmptd application icons in the file all this started and then chown etc back to root reboot add account to firefox or what ever, host for pop and smpt is 127.0.0.1, port for pop is 110 and for smpt is 2500 hey presto email. Edited May 28, 2004 by iainvt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michel Posted May 28, 2004 Report Share Posted May 28, 2004 Hotwayd or a branch of it also supports sending email through hotmail if you want ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
linux_learner Posted May 28, 2004 Report Share Posted May 28, 2004 i have hotwayd installed, just cant configure thunderbird for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iainvt Posted May 28, 2004 Report Share Posted May 28, 2004 iainvt@hotmail.com if you have an IM give me a bell simpler to chat online Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
furfurdemon666 Posted May 28, 2004 Report Share Posted May 28, 2004 How do you configure Kontact or Evolution to check mail from a hotmail account, Is it possible? i have my Kopete logged into my msn messenger account, but that is only because it had preset settings. Which program do you prefer Kontact, Evolution, or another? :D Why are you using hotmail in the first place when IMO there are better free alternatives? I suggest you try Spymac which offers 1 GB free e-mail and you can set up Kontact or Evolution or whatever you want to send/receive e-mail with with your Spymac e-mail address. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherpa Posted May 28, 2004 Author Report Share Posted May 28, 2004 Spymac angers me there was an incident where some users from spymac riped some images from Caedes.net....i dont even want to get into it..... but i have had it for 6 years and i dont want to get rid of it. i noticed that Kopete alerts me when i have new mail in my inbox!!! so that is good but ill try doing this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
izar Posted May 28, 2004 Report Share Posted May 28, 2004 You can try MrPostman. It's worked for me for a few months now on Mandrake9.2, and you can configure hotmail, yahoo and mail accounts. You can get MrPost man from mrpostman.sourceforge.net :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherpa Posted May 29, 2004 Author Report Share Posted May 29, 2004 ooo, kopete does exactly all i wanted to do, thanks though everyone!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
linux_learner Posted May 29, 2004 Report Share Posted May 29, 2004 i am answering my own question. i did a bit of research and came up with this. http://2mod2.com/mohot/ http://2mod2.com/mohot/account-wizard.png the screenshot gave me a bit a help. what i was lookin for really. once i get back home, i'll try it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iainvt Posted June 4, 2004 Report Share Posted June 4, 2004 Spymac hasn't worked for me, I tried it after I saw your post, large storage etc, but recognised by most other email providers as spam (SPYmac..!!) very poor hit and miss when sending mail, would only ever let send to self on a regular basis, so ditched and moved to mailcan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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