Evolution : can it check web based accounts ??

[David M. Carney]

On Sun, 2005-02-20 at 23:54 +0100, Vincent Trouilliez wrote:
>> After I told you about hotway, I realized I hadn't set it up yet on this
>> computer.
>> 
>> Took about 10 minutes to do.
>
>Oh great, you can give the step by step procedure then ?! :o)
>Off-list if you like... 
>
>Vince, really must go to bed now....
>
>

<snicker!>

This what I did on my Hoary i386 box (which is using inetd instead of
xineted) to get hotway up:

1. sudo apt-get hotway
2. add the following line to the file called /etc/inetd.conf:
	pop3 stream tcp nowait root /usr/sbin/tcpd hotwayd
3. Make sure you have the following line in /etc/services, if it's
   missing you need to add it.
	pop3 110/tcp (it was there on my Hoary box)
4. sudo killall -HUP inetd
5. You need to ensure that connections to the pop3 server are not
blocked. To do this add the following line to your /etc/hosts.allow file
	hotwayd : 127.0.0.1
6. Test it by telnetting into your machine like this:

telnet 127.0.0.1 110

You should see something like:

david at n1zhe:~$ telnet 127.0.0.1 110
Trying 127.0.0.1...
Connected to 127.0.0.1.
Escape character is '^]'.
+OK POP3 hotwayd v0.8 -> The POP3-HTTPMail Gateway. Server on n1zhe.org
active.

7. Setup your favorite mail client to use your newly installed server.

You should give the POP-3 server address as either "127.0.0.1",
"localhost.localdomain" or the name of your machine. The port number
depends on what you entered in the /etc/services file. Use the username
(with @hotmail.com, @lycos.co.uk or @msn.com for the latest version of
hotwayd) and password that you normally use when accessing your email
via the respective web interface. (I used 127.0.0.1)

8. Done! Now enjoy your newly installed POP3-HTTPMail gateway!

David


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