Re: Thunderbird And Pop3

[Dan <dan27649@xxxxxxxxx>]

Eh, I think I found it in the Gmail Help Center: "Configuring your email
client: Thunderbird 0.x".

Hmmm, maybe I'll give this a shot when I get home.

I have to wonder, though.  How/why does gmail do this if I never have to see
the ads?  Doesn't that kind of blow their ad revenue?

On 12/7/05, Dan <dan27649@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On 12/7/05, Scott Johnson <sjohnson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > I have 5 pop3 accounts, 2 RSS feeds, and 1 newsgroup in my
> > Thunderbird.  Lets
> > see OutLuck do that!!!!
> >
> > For yahoo, you can do the paid service and get pop3 access
> > OR go the free route and use this:
> > http://www.ypopsemail.com/
> >
> > I have been using it for about a year now with no problems.
>
>
> Yes, but...  ;-)
>
> POP3 will only allow you to retrieve mail, correct?  What if I want to use
> the local client to *send* mail through my gmail or yahoo account?  (Is that
> the SMTP part of it?)
>
> IOW, I don't want to have to open a browser to read or send email!
>
> Pipe dream?
>
> - Dan
>