Re: [NTLK] Any tips on using Mail V? This is my first email o

Ryan Vetter wrote:
> Thanks Marisa, however:
>
> Inputing plus.pop.yahoo.com results in the following error:
>
> Server error "-ERR popgate unknown command."
>
> But I am with yahoo canada, so if Plus were available in Canada, it should be plus.pop.yahoo.ca, which results in this error when trying to get mail:
>
> Couldn't resolve IP address "plus.pop.mail.yahoo.ca"
>
> But, "Plus" is a paid service with yahoo for those in the US. I have a free Canadian account. So my address is pop.mail.yahoo.ca. When just the latter is entered into the pop server info in Owner Info, the ERR message comes up:
>
> "-ERR popgate unknown command."
>
> When appending the port number onto pop.mail.yahoo.ca, so it ends up being pop.mail.yahoo.ca:995:
>
> ...it connects to Yahoo, but nothing is downloaded. This makes sense here, because adding this port number means I am trying to access my mail with SSL, something the Newton cannot do. But my mission here is to access yahoo without using SSL, and as far as I know, the only way to do that is to drop the port number off the pop server address, which results in the error "-ERR popgate unknown command."
>
> Any suggestions, anyone?
>

Have you talked to Yahoo.ca about non-SSL access?

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Sincerely,
Dennis B. Swaney
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... oh, never mind."
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