[REBOL] Re: Unable to retrieve Lycos email in Rebol
From: philb:upnaway at: 4-Feb-2002 23:39
Hi Holger,
Yep that worked ....
Cheers Phil
=== Original Message ===
On Mon, Feb 04, 2002 at 12:25:28AM -0500, Charles wrote:
> Phil;
>
> Well, that was about the extent of my knowledge on the matter :/ It
> might be something like pop.lycos.com, or mail.lycos.com, or maybe
> lycosmail.com .. I don't know. Am doing a touch of research right now, just
> a quick skim..
> Okay, I just snagged this from the lycos.co.uk email section:
> POP3 Access
> Please use the following settings for POP3 access:
>
> Server for incoming messages (POP3): pop.lycos.co.uk
> Server for outgoing messages (SMTP): smtp.lycos.co.uk
> Login: your Lycos Email address (e.g [joebloggs--lycos--co--uk])
> Password: your Lycos Email password
>
> I'm not sure who mentioned it (was it Dr. Turk? Did I even get the name
> right?) but it looks like you might need to use the whole email address for
> your login. So, 'read pop://[me--lycos--co--uk]@pop.lycos.co.uk isn't really an
> option. Shoot, I don't know the way to set this up, but there is a way to
> do this through a block. Someone else have better knowledge of this?
Try something like
read [
scheme: 'pop
host: "pop.lycos.co.uk"
user: "[joebloggs--lycos--co--uk]"
pass: "mypassword"
]
--
Holger Kruse
[holger--rebol--com]
