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[James Miller <jamtat AT mailsnare.net>]

On Tue, 13 May 2003 keesan2 AT cyberspace.org wrote:

> The owner of the Thinkpad 486 33MHz with 8M RAM asks if there is some
> browser that he can use to access hotmail with this computer.
>
> It needs javascript - Lynx won't work.
> I tried Links 2.1.9 - when I enter the email address it asks me to enter
> the email address.
>
> He has set up browser_test AT hotmail.com
> password cyberspace 1
>
> in case anyone wants to try out their favorite linux javascript browser.
> I will try Opera 6.03 for him.
>
I suggest your friend try one of the mail checking programs for this, rather
than using a browser.  Special programs have been written for retrieving
mail from the big webmail providers who do not otherwise allow pop access.
One that I know of that works for hotmail is at
http://linux.cudeso.be/linuxdoc/gotmail.php .  Problem is that it is a Perl
script/program.  I really don't know if one needs to have all of Perl 
installed
to use a program written in Perl, but I recall that it takes up a fair amount
of disk space.  Probably your friend would need to have a mail client
configured on his computer to be able to reply and compose messages.  That's
not a problem with Pine, so long as he'll have access to an SMTP server
for sending.

James