On Wed, 2011-06-15 at 17:44 -0500, Michael Hennebry wrote:
On Wed, 15 Jun 2011, Frank Cox wrote:
> On Wed, 15 Jun 2011 17:16:58 -0500 (CDT)
> Michael Hennebry wrote:
>
>> For work, I have had to use Microsoft outlook for e-mail.
>> I'd like to be able to get at it through either
>> KMail or evolution on my home F13 machine.
>> I've tried to set up both without success.
>> That I've never used a mail client before probably doesn't help.
>
> Microsoft Outlook IS a mail client.
I've just been using the web interface.
Before the migration, I'd used Squirrel Mail.
> If you want to be able to use both Microsoft Outlook and a Linux mail client in
> tandem, i.e. check and respond to your email from both systems, then you will
> require a mail server that supports the imap protocol. Depending on who
> provides your email service (your isp, usually) this capability may or may not
> be provided.
Ouch. I'm pretty sure it's POP.
Then you're laughing. Any of the Linux mail clients can read POP as long
as you know how to authenticate to the server.
poc