Re: [Hampshire] hotmail in Linux?

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Author: Stuart Sears
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Subject: Re: [Hampshire] hotmail in Linux?
James Courtier-Dutton wrote:
>>From MS:
> "Microsoft is disabling the DAV protocol and you will no longer be
> able to access your Hotmail Inbox via Outlook Express."
> "We have developed a new, much more efficient protocol called
> DeltaSynch that is far superior to DAV especially for large e-mail
> inboxes. It enables email clients to only download changes since the
> last time the client polled the email server for changes. This is much
> more efficient and high performing than having to download all the
> headers in every folder as is the case with DAV."

<rhetoric>
so, what was wrong with IMAP?
</rhetoric>
>
> Does anyone know of any Linux program that can interface with this new
> Microsoft protocol?
> Up until now, I have been using hotwayd.


No, but hopefully it won't be too long before someone figures it out and
possibly gets hit with an enormous patent lawsuit in the US. Or something.


Stuart
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