From 3667f45fd338f4e1708c01f476e2705253199478 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Eric S. Raymond" Date: Sun, 7 Mar 1999 17:10:03 +0000 Subject: Update. svn path=/trunk/; revision=2397 --- fetchmail-FAQ.html | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'fetchmail-FAQ.html') diff --git a/fetchmail-FAQ.html b/fetchmail-FAQ.html index f6240521..c0c2cc60 100644 --- a/fetchmail-FAQ.html +++ b/fetchmail-FAQ.html @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
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Frequently Asked Questions About Fetchmail

@@ -75,6 +75,8 @@ IP address?
S4. How can I use fetchmail with usa.net's servers?
S5. How can I use fetchmail with HP OpenMail?
S6. How can I use fetchmail with geocities POP3 servers?
+S7. How can I use fetchmail with Hotmail?
+S8. How can I use fetchmail with MSN?

How to set up well-known security and authentication methods:

@@ -1294,6 +1296,24 @@ recognize, such as X- and Resent- headers.

As with M$ Exchange, the only real fix for these problems is to get a POP (or preferably IMAP) server that isn't brain-dead.

+

+

S7. How can I use fetchmail with Hotmail?

+ +You can't, yet. But the fetchmail contrib directory contains a script +called `hotmole' that can retrieve Hotmail mail via the web using +Lynx. That is, until Microsoft changes the page structure to break +this kind of access.

+ +

+

S8. How can I use fetchmail with MSN?

+ +You can't. MSN uses something that looks like POP3, except the +authentication part is nonstandard. And of course they don't +document it, so nobody but their Windows clients can speak it.

+ +This is a customer lock-in tactic; we recommend boycotting MSN as the +only appropriate response.

+

K1. How can I use fetchmail with SOCKS?

@@ -2260,7 +2280,7 @@ Re-ordering messages is a user-agent function, anyway.

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Eric S. Raymond <esr@snark.thyrsus.com>
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