[imp] Fw: Configuration of Outlook Express

[Frank Pineau]

On Wed, 1 Aug 2001 11:45:53 -0400, you wrote:

>On Wed, Aug 01, 2001 at 11:41:14AM -0400, Frank Pineau =
(frank@pineaus.com) wrote:
>> 
>> Really?  I didn't know that.  Well, then that goes back to the =
original
>> question.  Is there a way to get OE to work with IMP?, and the =
corollary
>> question, is it necessary or is it better to just point OE to your =
POP3/IMAP
>> server?
>
>You'd get OE to work with IMP the same way you'd get OE to work with
>Eudora or Netscape's mail client; IMP is just an IMAP/POP client as
>far as the mail server is concerned. It just happens to be delivered
>over the Web.
>
>If you want to know how to do what Hotmail did to enable users to go
>to a website and have OE autoconfigure (I guess?), then you'd almost
>certainly be best off asking in a forum of OE users.

Well, I wasn't the original poster, but it still seemed like a good question,
and this is certainly the place to ask about interfacing other software with
IMP.

Personally, I would just enable POP3 and/or IMAP access for third party clients,
but perhaps the original poster doesn't have that option.

FP


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