Apple Mail and Hotmail

[zuggerat]

Does anyone know how to get a hotmail account set up for apple mail...i dont know the server info so if anyone could supply, that would be great. thanx!

[idkew]

Hotmail Plugin (http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/18189)

[zuggerat]

what if i wanted to use a yahoo mail account...how would i go about doing that?

[coolsoldier]

I think yahoo has a pop server that you can use with mail (at least they did when I was on yahoo)

[zuggerat]

i tried mail.yahoo.com but it says it timedout so i dunno whats goin on...help please!

[howard]

i think you have to pay extra now to use yahoo mail on another app...it used to be free...if anyone knows otherwise please let me know!

[zuggerat]

no ones answering my question...how would i set up mail to use a yahoo account...if i hafta pay so be it...but i still need to know what the server info is and all that crap

[coolsoldier]

In your Yahoo mail mailbox, click "Mail Upgrades" and then on "POP Access and Forwarding." It costs $19.95 per year, and when you register, they will give you the POP server address (probably mail.yahoo.com, but I'm not sure).

And if you aren't familiar with POP accounts already:

Once you are registered ,go into Mail Preferences, and click "Accounts" Click the "Add Account" button. Now select "POP" from the "Account Type" list, type a description, your yahoo email address, name, POP server (that they gave you when you registered), and your yahoo username and password.

Now Mail will automatically include your Yahoo mail when you check mail.

[zuggerat]

thanx for the reply...cool thanx all

[bennyek]

httpmail for hotmail does not work in panther. Bummer!

[matrixesque]

httpmail (http://sourceforge.net/projects/httpmail-plugin) <-- they have released a new version specifically for panther, though they warn of massive bugs. I dunno if it'll work for yahoo mail, but it's worth a try, I know that hotmail used to be a pop provider, but now require you to pay for that, and now work as an http provider. Hope that helped :)

[alset]

The author says it won't work with Yahoo mail. Said it would have to be retooled. However, I revitalized an old Hotmail account to test the plugin, and it works beautifully.

Dan

[idkew]

Originally posted by matrixesque
httpmail (http://sourceforge.net/projects/httpmail-plugin) <-- they have released a new version specifically for panther, though they warn of massive bugs. I dunno if it'll work for yahoo mail, but it's worth a try, I know that hotmail used to be a pop provider, but now require you to pay for that, and now work as an http provider. Hope that helped :)

yeah- i think i will have to check via http for a bit until it is more stable. oh well- i still am happy with panther.