Reading http email

[linux_jester]

Is it possible to configure kmail to send and receive mail from hotmail? If so then how do you do it?

If it can't be done then can anyone suggest an alternative.

 

Any help, references would be apreciated.

 

 

Regards

[alaa]

you can download the mail to a unix spool using a tools like gotmail @ http://www.nongnu.org/gotmail/ and getwmail @ http://www.btinternet.com/~fnarr.fnarr4019...9/getwmail.html

 

then you can configure kmail to read emails for the spool file.

 

this takes care of receiving, for sending you'll need to install a mailserver.

urpmi postfix

should do the trick, then configure kmail to use localhost as the smtp server.

 

sorry I cannot be of more help, I don't use kmail or hotmail.

 

cheers,

Alaa

[tyme]

i don't think hotmail allows for pop3 or similar remote mail checking. that being said, this isn't really possible. hotmail is setup to be purely web-based AFAIK. so it's not so much a problem with kmail not being able to do it as it is hotmail letting.

 

btw-alaa, i have an apartment mate with that same name :shock:

[alaa]

no hotmail does not support POP3.

but gotmail is a script that goes to the hotmail website, logs in and grabs your emails for you, it reformats them as normal emails and puts them in a spoolfile.

effectivly turning your dreaded hotmail account into a POP3 one (its much slower than pop3 really).

I never tried this with Hotmail but my wife insists on using her Yahoo account so I did the same setup with fetchyahoo and sylpheed.

 

>btw-alaa, i have an apartment mate with that same name

 

well alaa is not a full representation of my name since Arabic has weird letters, your friend could have one of many names that are generally written as alaa.

 

cheers,

Alaa