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atacinus
Dec 12, 2003, 06:31 PM
hi...i didn.t exactly know where to post this and since i just bought my computer i figured here would be good...i just got a PB 15...and it rocks! i.ve got one question though...i want to get a free e.mail account [yahoo, hotmail, whatever] and set it up to work with mail...any suggestions? which works the best? and how do i do it...i checked on hotmail and it only gave me instructions for outlook express :-(

Thanks,
Christien


howard
Dec 12, 2003, 07:08 PM
yahoo won't work with mail...

i believe hotmail will work with a hack...

try this out

http://sourceforge.net/projects/httpmail-plugin
idkew
Dec 12, 2003, 09:31 PM
softhome.net will give you a free pop account.

no hack required.
Kingsnapped
Dec 13, 2003, 12:16 AM
Why the hell wouldn't they let Yahoo work? It's grown to be a bigger ISP (SBC Yahoo DSL), and now they're leaving a chunk of users out in the cold?
grr...
Macpoops
Dec 13, 2003, 01:14 AM
Yahoo DSL would be different i belive. He is talking about FREE accounts. Not the pop accounts you get from some ISPs
Maclarny
Dec 13, 2003, 02:26 PM
Originally posted by howard
yahoo won't work with mail...

i believe hotmail will work with a hack...

try this out

http://sourceforge.net/projects/httpmail-plugin

I use the Hotmail plugin he's speaking of and it works great with mail in Panther, no problems whatsoever.
Kingsnapped
Dec 13, 2003, 04:13 PM
Man, MacPoops, I hope you're right.
wellumok
Dec 15, 2003, 02:28 AM
i've downloaded the plug-in for hotmail to work with mail.app, but i dont know what to put in for the incoming and outgoing servers, can anyone tell me what its supposed to be?
joker2
Dec 15, 2003, 06:38 AM
Yahoo! used to have POP3 access with their free accounts, (It was nice while it lasted!). They have gone to a model where you get the web-based e-mail for free, and you can pay to get POP3 access (via Mail or whichever app you wish to use.)
kwajo.com
Dec 15, 2003, 10:06 AM
if you downloaded the hotmail patch-thing it should be already in the settings, assuming you did exactly what the read me told you to do. it took me all of a couple minutes to set mine up and it work beautifully :)

so just try re-reading the instructions
mykemp
Dec 15, 2003, 10:23 AM
The upgrade for yahoo to POP email is $19.99 per year:

POP Access and Forwarding

• Use Outlook™, Eudora™, or another POP3 client to access and manage your Yahoo! Mail.

• Automatically forward your Yahoo! Mail to another email account - even another Yahoo! address.

• Send larger messages, up to 5MB

• Only $19.99/year*.

Although I'm a Mac newbie... and haven't setup a Yahoo Pop account in Mail, I feel sure it would work.
joker2
Dec 15, 2003, 10:28 AM
Sure, the Yahoo! pay service would work in Mail with no problem, but the original poster was looking for a "free" solution. :)
mykemp
Dec 15, 2003, 12:21 PM
Originally posted by shadow95
Sure, the Yahoo! pay service would work in Mail with no problem, but the original poster was looking for a "free" solution. :)

Ahhh...

Here is a free POP service that I've been using, and I've found to be OK:

http://www.softhome.net/

They have both a pay account ($30 per year) and a free account. The free account offers:


POP
SMTP
WEB Mail
6MB of Storage
150 Messages (storage)
10 Recipients per message
POP Frequency 1x/10 minutes

Just an offering, I'm not endorsing them or anything.
scem0
Dec 15, 2003, 06:21 PM
I've been using gawab.com and I love it.

Why join gawab.com?

* 15 Mbytes Storage Space.
* POP3 & SMTP Support.
* 12 different themes to choose from
* 12 languages support
* Unlimited Number of Folders
* Messages Filters & Rules
* Virus & Spam daily updated filter.

scem0