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erichen · Jun 16, 2003, 10:54 AM

same as topic~ Thank you!

~Eric

zachs · Jun 16, 2003, 10:58 AM

I believe you can use a POP server only if you have a paid subscription to Yahoo.

misc · Jun 16, 2003, 11:28 AM

Yeah, only if you pay for the subscription mail service. I think they used to offer this... back when they had free voice mail and 20 MB mailboxes. Ah... the good old days of Yahoo.

car1son · Jun 16, 2003, 11:33 AM

You can purchase POP3 access as part of Yahoo! Mail Plus for $20 a year.

Or you can use SSPI's Mail Forward to forward your Yahoo! mail account mail to another POP account.

erichen · Jun 16, 2003, 12:23 PM

Thanks guys for responding so fast!

~Eric

Taipan · Jun 16, 2003, 06:46 PM

Hi!

There's a program called "Mail Forward" (found it on versiontracker) that can forward mail from your Yahoo account to a POP account (if you have one). It expires after a trial period, though, if you don't register.

7Macfreak · Jun 16, 2003, 11:35 PM

*i think* i read about some 'patch' that lets you get your yahoo/hotmail email using mail.app... and no it wasnt mail forward.
try searching the forums.

IEEE1394 · Jun 17, 2003, 12:07 AM

Originally posted by 7Macfreak:
*i think* i read about some 'patch' that lets you get your yahoo/hotmail email using mail.app... and no it wasnt mail forward.
try searching the forums.

It's called httpmail. I know that because I've had it installed for a few months, but never used it. Couldn't get it to work right with hotmail. YMMV.

Xeo · Jun 17, 2003, 12:16 AM

Originally posted by IEEE1394:
It's called httpmail. I know that because I've had it installed for a few months, but never used it. Couldn't get it to work right with hotmail. YMMV.

I regularly use httpmail to check my Hotmail account. I don't think it supports Yahoo!.

badtz · Jun 18, 2003, 05:07 AM

any confirmation that it doesn't support yahoo? [it's not for me, but would be curious]

larkost · Jun 18, 2003, 12:17 PM

There is a command line program similar to fetchmail called fetchYahoo that might be what you are looking for. It goes out, grabs the mail, and then forwards it to a POP (or mailspool, etc) account. Then you can pick it back up from within the mail application of your choice.

I use fetchmail to consolidate all of my mail boxes onto an IMAP server that I run.

Here is a quick link to the porject page over at freshmeat.net (versiontracker for UNIX):
http://freshmeat.net/projects/fetchyahoo/

CharlesS · Jun 19, 2003, 12:35 AM

I think this is actually what you're looking for.

http://sourceforge.net/projects/yahoopops/

What it does is simulate a POP3 server so that you can connect to Yahoo with Mail, Eudora, Outlook, whatever.

moonmonkey · 02:30 AM

Originally posted by erichen:
same as topic~ Thank you!

~Eric

I dont know what everyone is talking about, I pick up my Yahoo mail using mail.app, I dont pay anything.

I have joined www.yahoo.co.uk, so this might make a difference.

They help section gave me a Popmail and an smtp address and it works fine.

The SMTP service is not that reliable though.

Try this in mail app.

............................................

Here are the basic server settings for Yahoo! Mail:

Incoming Mail (POP3) Server: pop.mail.yahoo.co.uk
Outgoing Mail (SMTP) Server: smtp.mail.yahoo.co.uk (use authentication)
Account Name/Login Name: your Yahoo! Mail ID (your email address without the "@yahoo.co.uk")
Email Address: your Yahoo! Mail address (e.g., user@yahoo.co.uk)
Password: your Yahoo! Mail password

............................................

Superchicken · Jun 19, 2003, 03:53 AM

ahh the joys of having your own domain bwhaha