I just installed SUSE Linux for the first time and noticed that the mail client called Kmail doesn't support http download/upload. Would someone know of another mail client that I could install that would support http?

MSN uses http as opposed top pop download and smtp. I am stuck without another mail client.

I'm not sure what you mean by top pop vrs http. I think you're describing MSN's webmail's ability to interact with Outlook without the use of a pop3 server and if that's the case look into Freepops and/or MrPostman which allows allows pop3 clients (eg Kmail)to receive webmail.

Id have to recommend mozilla thunderbird with the "webmail" extension. (the webmail extension can be found at http://www.mozdev.org)

But this is a T-bird only solution whereas the others will (should) work with any pop3 client.

I am afraid that I am a bit confused. MSN doesn't support POP3 and only supports http. My recollection is that Thunderbird doesn't support http as well.

Unless something has changed or I didn't notice an http feature, none of the suggestions posted on my question will work.

Go to the mrPostman or freepops web page and all should be explained.

thunderbird by itself doesnt do http mail but if you install the "webmail" extension located here ( http://webmail.mozdev.org/ ) It enables tbird to access Yahoo, MSN/Hotmail, Lycos (Europe), MailDotCom, Gmail, Libero, and AOL domains. It works great. Its a great extension that few people accually know about. Just trust me and try it.

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textually: a "mail client that supports http" ?
I can only think of this solution

If you're looking for a unified interface, perhaps Opera is the answer. Its mail client (for POP3 & IMAP) is built in; &, of course, it's a browser so you can get HTTP access to any web based e-accounts.

In some sense your original Q is flawed: e-mail clients don't do HTTP, browsers do HTTP.

Most web based e-accounts are designed to keep you from using a mail client, it is probably a control thing -- they may want control of your e-mail, that is why you can't access & download it, by design. If you don't like their policies, don't subscribe.

Instead of asking KMail to do webmail, use Konqueror.
Instead of asking Thunderbird to do webmail, use Firefox.

Besides, isn't there something strange about a GNU/Linux user even having an MSN account, let alone accessing it from a Linux box?