Date: Sun, 17 Oct 2004 13:07:01 +0300 From: JohnsoBS@vicksburg.navy.mil To: benwy_01@yahoo.com.au, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: Text-based mail program which handles webmail. Message-ID: <CE2BFBAA80DD874BB737A4E2C53AA44903B01915@CG69UBD01>
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> -----Original Message----- > From: Ben Washington-Yule [mailto:benwy_01@yahoo.com.au] > Sent: Sunday, October 17, 2004 12:02 PM > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: Text-based mail program which handles webmail. > > > I have a Yahoomail account and receive messages with Mozilla > Mail but I > would like to at least try a non-GUI mail program. I have > heard of mutt > and pine but I am not sure if I can download my webmail > (Yahoo) messages > with them. I am sure that the information is available on the > internet > but my research thus far has been for the most part too > technical for my > understanding but I have deduced that my problem has something to do > with pop, whatever that may be. There is a port called fetch-yahoo or similar. It can be used to download mail to a local mailbox for reading. Not sure of anything that will read your wemail directly unless it supports external pop or imap as well. Yahoo I believe does support pop3 if I remember correctly.
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