Re: how to config gmail, hotmail and yahoo email accouts

["Bill P" <bill@xxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, 19 May 2006 09:23:47 -0400, Percy <percyking@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> "John H Meyers" <jhmeyers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message  
> news:op.s7yua0y2nn735j@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > On Wed, 12 Apr 2006 09:02:25 -0500:
> >
> > > I just began to use opera.
> > > anyone can tell me how to config gmail, hotmail
> > > and yahoo email accouts?
> >
> > Visit each of their usual web sites using Opera :)
> >
> > http://mail.google.com/mail or http://gmail.com
> > http://mail.yahoo.com
> > http://hotmail.com
> >
> > Gmail also offers free POP (download to your own computer) access,
> > and has instructions in your web settings where you turn on POP access;
> > note that you must use SSL (not default port 110) for Gmail.
> >
> > Yahoo and Hotmail offer POP for paid accounts,
> > and likewise have their own instructions on their own web sites.
>
> AFAIK Hotmail provides WebDAV access "only" to Outlook (and Express)  
> "only" for legacy users who have used Hotmail/ MSN before 2004. Other  
> Hotmail users are stuck with webmail and ofcourse its now moving to the  
> "Live" email branding..

If the question is how to access these services from a pop3 client (like  
M2) then you should look at MrPostman or freepops both which provide pop3  
access to webmail accounts

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