Evolution : can it check web based accounts ??

[Adam Membrey]

David M. Carney wrote:

>On Sun, 2005-02-20 at 23:54 +0100, Vincent Trouilliez wrote:
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>>>After I told you about hotway, I realized I hadn't set it up yet on this
>>>computer.
>>>
>>>Took about 10 minutes to do.
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>>Oh great, you can give the step by step procedure then ?! :o)
>>Off-list if you like... 
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>>Vince, really must go to bed now....
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><snicker!>
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>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:
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>telnet 127.0.0.1 110
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>You should see something like:
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>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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hmmm I followed your instructions to the tee David and it came back to 
me saying my password was wrong, even though when I log in using the web 
interface it's right... :\