YPOPS or fetch Yahoo

[steve]

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Allen Meyers wrote:
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> I like the ease of clicking on my thunderbird icon on ubuntu desktop and
> immediately getting mail. I am a ATT Yahoo DSL customer who pays
> considerably for broadband and will not be allowed to access my yahoo
> mail elsewhere.
> Please whether the suggestion is command line ferch yahoo or YPOPS
> installation I need to know by the numbers from someone who has used it
> exactly what to do. Will thunderbird recognize one of these or do I have
> to direct a path or what ever.
> The e-mail that follows is typical of my problem from their perspective.
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> Dear AT&T Yahoo! Customer:
> 
> We noticed that you are accessing email using *non-secure* settings in
> your email software.
> 
> We would like to ensure that your AT&T Yahoo! Member ID, password, and
> email messages are transmitted *securely* between your mail software
> (such as Outlook or Outlook Express) and the AT&T Yahoo! Mail servers.
> In order to meet this need, please enable SSL
> <http://helpme.att.net/glossary.php#147> via the instructions that are
> available on the Help site <http://helpme.att.net/article.php?item=10918>.
> 
> Since multiple email notifications have already been sent out about
> this, we request that you *please make the necessary changes
> immediately. Remember, you need to make these changes if you want to
> continue to send/receive email using a mail client.*
> 
> Thank you so much fot your kind attention
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> *Allen Meyers*
> *chef11994 at sbcglobal.net
> wortham_tx at yahoo.com
> texas.chef at gmail.com <mailto:texas.chef at gmail.com>*
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I dont believe you can access yahoo mail via pop unless you pay for that
service directly thru yahoo.  If theres some hack Ive never heard of it,
and if your using it or have used it thats probably why your getting
that email.




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