From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Oct 17 10:03:59 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AF2E316A4CE for ; Sun, 17 Oct 2004 10:03:59 +0000 (GMT) Received: from dnsmail3.ior.navy.mil (noca.ior.navy.mil [205.56.210.194]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 97D3643D2D for ; Sun, 17 Oct 2004 10:03:57 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from JohnsoBS@vicksburg.navy.mil) Received: from cg69ubd01.vicksburg.navy.mil ([205.95.65.21]) i9HA2CQC019354; Sun, 17 Oct 2004 10:02:16 GMT Received: by CG69UBD01 with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2657.72) id <4QZ74TZX>; Sun, 17 Oct 2004 13:07:06 +0300 Message-ID: From: JohnsoBS@vicksburg.navy.mil To: benwy_01@yahoo.com.au, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Sun, 17 Oct 2004 13:07:01 +0300 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2657.72) Subject: RE: Text-based mail program which handles webmail. X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 17 Oct 2004 10:03:59 -0000 > -----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.