Thank, Kartic
I actually tried doing it with several other accounts, notably mail.com and netscape.com When i do it with netscape the dialog goes like the following:
The username and password are naturally valid, but something else is wrong. Do you know if Netscape also doesn't allow POP access? Is there a free e-mail provider who does?
Okay..this OT now!
Gmail provides pop access. Or you can use fastmail.fm, they hae a free account option with POP3 as well as IMAP access.
Before you post any Python code, first try with some email client and then try with Python code.
-Kartic -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list