[NMLUG] Qwest/MSN?

[sam at laclinux.com (Sam Noble)]

On Sun, 2006-05-14 at 09:58 -0700, John K wrote:
> I agree with all the below-mentioned points about MSN vs. local ISP's.
> I had NMIA dial-up for awhile and absolutely loved the Linux support.
> What it comes down for some people is price. I haven't checked it out
> myself but I'm told that the premo service with two email accounts ($3
> each) w/SWCP is about $75/month. That compared to $27/month for first
> year and then $45/month after w/Qwest MSN is a substantial difference.
> This obviously is a choice everyone has to make for themselves and
> there are a lot factors, most of which have been mentioned. (I for
> example couldn't do Qwest DSL w/NMIA b/c my phone line wouldn't allow
> it, so I had to go with Comcast.)
> 
> Right now I'm just trying to get a technical question answered: is it
> possible to set up an email client like Thunderbird (not a webmail
> client) while running Linux using Qwest MSN? Has anyone done this? It
> seems like it should theoretically be possible but I don't know
> enoughand  to know for sure.

Yes, I'm sure no one here recommends it, especially since you're talking
about a brand new account and so aren't vested into the particular email
address as is typically the case when someone wants to do this kind of
thing.

There's very little reason to use the MSN email account in this case,
but for the determined there are projects like gotmail, hotsmtp, and
hotway. That do there best to let you treat the MSN HTTPmail thing as
though it were  standard pop3 account. Of course they're in the same
position of chasing a moving target that all the other "interface with
some proprietary protocol" projects are.

Maybe you should ask a friend who owns a domain to create a pop account
for you?

Good luck,
sam