Re: Freeware Mail/News Reader with Authentication settings???

de Beck 04/15/2006 01:44

<glog@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
news:nFV%f.5789$L.250287@news20.bellglobal.com...
> Does anyone know of a good freeware Mail/News reader that has setting for
> authentication?
>
> The last few months, Sympatico are putting new customers on Hotmail
> servers and only support Outlook and Outlook Express. Some clients will
> receive, but not send for email.
>
> I've managed to get Opera working, but don't really like its handling of
> NG's. I like Thunderbird, but it won't send either, failing
> authentication.

I think Thunderbird has a plugin for hotmail. I don't know how Sympatico
are working, and whether you would need a hotmail plugin but it is worth a
try?