[Tfug] Qwest/MSN Linux email?

[Harry McGregor]

You might be able to use gotmail to pull it down to a local mail server 
on the box...

http://sourceforge.net/projects/gotmail

You could also see if you can move to qwest.net instead of msn service


                    Harry

Bill M. wrote:
> My mother-in-law is a PC total noob. I installed a Dell system w/Win XP
> Home for her with a Qwest DSL 1.5 Mb connection. The Qwest ISP, as many
> of you know, is MSN which supports Outlook Express.
> She recently received (and forwarded on to me) an email with some
> animated GIF crap (might have been an eGreeting email) that has
> apparently infected her PC (even with AVG, ZoneAlarm, Spybot,
> SpywareBlaster installed) - I'm checking it today.
>
> I'd really like to get her off of WinXP and on to a nice Linux distro
> (probably KUbuntu.)
> If any of you are using Qwest with Linux, how are you doing email?
> Are you simply forgoing using any MSN email services and simply using
> GMail or some such?
> I believe MSN doesn't do POP3 email, could you share your email client
> settings if using a Linux email client (Thunderbird, etc.)?
> TIA!
>
> -*-Bill
>
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