On Thu, 25 Apr 2013 06:55:08 -0700 David Guntner <[email protected]> wrote:
> Patrick Bartek grabbed a keyboard and wrote: > > > >> From: Dave Thayer <[email protected]> > >> > >> On Wed, Apr 24, 2013 at 07:44:29PM -0700, Patrick Bartek wrote: > >>> > >>> How? What MUA did you use? When I initially set up my Yahoo > >>> Mail accounts (I have several)--this was years ago--there was no > >>> option with the free accounts for POP3 or IMAP. It was > >>> specifically said that if you wanted it, you could, [snip] > >> > >> Oddly enough, while Yahoo! charges for POP access, they enable > >> IMAP access on the free accounts. I'm guessing that's for mobile > >> device support. Icedove knows the right thing to do, or look up > >> the instructions on the Yahoo! help pages. > > Yup. That's a nice loophole they created that works out well for those > of us using Thunderbird or other MUAs. :-) > > > Okay. I found the Yahoo IMAP help page. The POP help still states > > you need a "for pay" Yahoo Mail Plus account, but no mention of that > > for IMAP. I'll run a test. I already have Sylpheed on this system, > > and it is both POP or IMAP compatible. SSL, too. > > Yahoo supports SSL, so no worries there. I've got it set for > imap.mail.yahoo.com on port 993 for SSL/TLS incoming and > smtp.mail.yahoo.com on port 465 for SSL/TLS outgoing. Works like a champ. Wow - this works! Now I can finally go back to my long neglected Yahoo! account and try to clean it up. > --Dave Celejar -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
