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Date: Wed, 14 May 2003 09:13:44 -0700
From: tplesco AT hotmail.com
To: keesan2 AT cyberspace.org
Subject: Re: [BL] browser for 8M RAM and hotmail (fwd)

Hi Sindi,

The problem with mailchecking is that hotmail asks for a fee if you want 
POP3 access or forwarding.

-Todd

>From: <keesan2 AT cyberspace.org>
>To: <tplesco AT hotmail.com>
>Subject: Re: [BL] browser for 8M RAM and hotmail (fwd)
>Date: Tue, 13 May 2003 21:18:39 -0400 (EDT)
>
>A suggestion for how to access hotmail with Linux and Perl.
>
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>Date: Tue, 13 May 2003 19:20:50 -0500 (CDT)
>From: jamtat AT mailsnare.net
>Reply-To: baslinux AT lists.ibiblio.org
>To: baslinux AT lists.ibiblio.org
>Subject: Re: [BL] browser for 8M RAM and hotmail
>
>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
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