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[ianseeks <ianseeks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thursday 15 Jul 2010 00:08:30 Carlos E. R. wrote:
> On 2010-07-15 00:59, ianseeks wrote:
> > On Wednesday 14 Jul 2010 23:36:26 Cristian Rodríguez wrote:
> > > Change your client configuration to use IMAP, a proper protocol for
> > > email retrieval.
> >
> > Can you do that with an POP3 account?
>
> Certainly not.
>
> However, you can try, to see if they do have imap. I have found several
>  providers that did have imap, although disabled at some point. I mean,
>  some had the port opened, some had an imap server responding, but at the
>  last minute, authentication would always fail. And some, after a few
>  years, suddenly announced they had added imap to their service.
>
> (the imap server was there because the software they used had both
>  pop3/imap. But they didn't have the resources, and disabled it).
>
> And some never add imap to their service. Unless you pay extra, that is.
thanks, I'll try that.
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