POP/SMTP services on Yahoo

[Liam Proven]

On 8 August 2010 13:34, Chris Rees <utisoft at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 8 August 2010 12:03, Liam Proven <lproven at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On 8 August 2010 02:04, NoOp <glgxg at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>>
>>> Reason for asking is that Yahoo! US only (as I understand it) only
>>> allows smtp/pop access on their accounts if you convert them to a Yahoo!
>>> Plus account (reasonably priced at $20 per year) [1].
>>>
>>> http://overview.mail.yahoo.com/enhancements/mailplus
>>
>> Ah! Interesting. Didn't know that. But then, MS did this with Hotmail
>> for years - mail client access was a paid feature. For a while I used
>> a small Windows freeware tool called Hotmail Popper but then they went
>> payware and I stopped until a Thunderbird addon became available.
>>
>> Now, no hassle - but then I don't really use a native email client any
>> more, anyway.
>>
>
> Now it's just pop3.live.com ..... Should work for you.

Thanks. Actually, that's what I meant when I said it just works, no
hassle - I use pop3.live.com to feed my Hotmail into Gmail.


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