[GLLUG] Email Clients

[Ben Pfaff]

"Darrel Clute" <darrel_clute@hotmail.com> writes:

> I was wondering if anyone knows of an email client for Linux which is
> capable of downloading messages from Hotmail or if there is a tweak
> available for a major client that could be implemented easily.

Gnus can do this.  Here is the bit of its manual specifically
about it:

`webmail'
     Get mail from a webmail server, such as www.hotmail.com,
     webmail.netscape.com, www.netaddress.com, www.my-deja.com.

     NOTE: Now mail.yahoo.com provides POP3 service, so POP mail source
     is suggested.

     NOTE: Webmail largely depends cookies. A "one-line-cookie" patch is
     required for url "4.0pre.46".

     WARNING: Mails may lost.  NO WARRANTY.

     Keywords:

    `:subtype'
          The type of the webmail server.  The default is `hotmail'.
          The alternatives are `netscape', `netaddress', `my-deja'.

    `:user'
          The user name to give to the webmail server.  The default is
          the login name.

    `:password'
          The password to give to the webmail server.  If not
          specified, the user is prompted.

    `:dontexpunge'
          If non-nil, only fetch unread articles and don't move them to
          trash folder after finishing the fetch.

     An example webmail source:

          (webmail :subtype 'hotmail
                   :user "user-name"
                   :password "secret")