[Hudlug] linux + kubuntu + yahoo

[Tim Dobson]

Dave Naylor wrote:
> Hey
> 
>>> Mail Options --> POP --> Access and Forwarding -->  [POP Settings]
> 
>> That's exactly what I was trying to help him to do.  However, I don't have a
>> yahoo login, so couldn't check the settings.  He said that he knew the pop
>> address and smtp address, including ports, and I took his work for that, but
>> he didn't know anything about authentication settings, and they are hardest to
>> guess.
> 
> Just found this on a Yahoo Help Page:
> 
> 
> "The ability to access Yahoo! Mail via a POP3 email client is only
> available to customers of Mail Plus. If you have not purchased the
> Mail Plus service, you will be unable to retrieve messages via an
> email client (such as Outlook or Outlook Express). You can determine
> whether or not you've purchased this service by visiting Yahoo's
> password-protected secure billing site."
> 
> I'm off to delete my account :)

This has been the case for at least THREE years...
The only major provider to offer POP or IMAP (and they offer both) for 
free is gmail.

However there *are* clever thunderbird extensions which screenscrape, 
yahoo, hotmail, lycos etc. last time I checked.

Tim

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