Re: Hotmail spam

"D-W-S" <[email protected]> wrote in message 
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> jg wrote on Sat, 13 May 2006 22:00:45 -0700:
>
>> I've never used hotmail so don't understand pop problems with hotmail...
>
> The POP problem with hotmail is the fact that hotmail doesn't provide
> POP3 or IMAP4 service. It's a webmail service, period.
>
> There used to be a protocol whereby you could access your hotmail
> account using a proprietary protocol built into OE (and *only* OE, no
> other MUA had it), but they shut that down.

That is EXACTLY my point OE is the only one that does it and now it doesn't 
for new hm accounts - works great with accounts opened prior to the upgrade 
works only with PAID hm accounts added since the upgrade.

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