Evolution : can it check web based accounts ??

[David M. Carney]

On Mon, 2005-02-21 at 14:32 +1100, Adam Membrey wrote:
>Adam Membrey wrote:
>
>> David M. Carney wrote:
>>
>>> 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
>>>
>>>
>>>  
>>>
>> 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... :\
>>
>Nevermind, I solved my own problem.  I'm running an AMD64 and they have 
>an md5 problem with the version of hotwayd that's on the repo's.  I just 
>went to http://hotwayd.sourceforge.net/news.php and downloaded the 
>source and compiled it myself, all working beautifully!
>

Good! Glad you got it sorted out.

If Linux teaches us anything, it's how to use a search engine and find
our own answers.

I would have been stumped for sure. Glad you posted unless any other
amd64 users out there want to give it a try.

David

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