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06-23-2003, 05:36 PM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Jun 2003
Distribution: Trying Suse 8.1
Posts: 16
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Checking Hotmail (I know Hotmail sucks...but)
Hey,
I am wondering what software there is to be able to let me use my Hotmail from a Linux e-mail client. Right now I don't have any e-mail clients configured under Linux so I don't have a preference for what e-mail client to use. Yes I know that Hotmail sucks but I figure that because it already gets lots of junk mail I may as well just keep using it as a place for other mail I would consider Junk. I actually have a few other e-mail accounts that I use for all types of other mail and those are POP3 and IMAP. So basically I am not really looking for suggestions on an e-mail provider that I could use in place of Hotmail, I am looking for a way to interface Hotmail with an e-mail client. You could make suggestions on ways to replace Hotmail but I probably will not consider them. I don't want this thread to turn into a why we hate Hotmail thread or a thread the endlessly lists alternatives to Hotmail. I already know they exist.
Thanks,
Tool
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06-23-2003, 05:45 PM
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LQ Guru
Registered: Mar 2003
Location: New Jersey
Distribution: Arch Linux
Posts: 1,445
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Theres loads of them. Check sourceforge.net You'll find a bunch.
Basically, most of them act as an inbetween. It runs a little server on your computer that intercepts your hotmail mail, and sends it back out as a POP stream. You then configure your email client to read the pop stream coming from 127.0.0.1
It usually works pretty well.
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06-24-2003, 05:37 PM
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LQ Guru
Registered: Jan 2003
Location: Turkey&USA
Distribution: Emacs and linux is its device driver(Slackware,redhat)
Posts: 1,398
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there are lots if them on sourceforge.net
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06-24-2003, 06:11 PM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Jun 2003
Location: Oklahoma
Distribution: SUSE 9.2
Posts: 19
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If you are a KDE user (or happen to like kmail) there is a new tutorial on getting kmail to download and use hotmail. Check out:
hotmail -> kmail
Good luck.
s1ider
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10-17-2008, 01:19 PM
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Registered: Oct 2008
Posts: 45
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For Hotmail POP3 support, you need to pay for a subscription. Or atleast that's what I remember reading somewhere online.
Don't use Hotmail that much (why would I when I've gmail  ) ... So - didn't investigate that much into that area.
Debian Kernel
Last edited by evaluatinglinux; 10-25-2008 at 02:53 AM.
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10-17-2008, 01:27 PM
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Moderator
Registered: Nov 2002
Location: Kent, England
Distribution: Debian Testing
Posts: 19,192
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evaluatinglinux - unless you were doing this in 2003 and have merely delayed posting for a while, I think Toolboy has moved on from this problem.
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