Can I read web mail using a pop3 mail reader?

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Many of the international Yahoo Mail providers still offer free POP3 access through their Yahoo Delivers program. (E.g. Canada: mail.yahoo.ca, UK: mail.yahoo.co.uk)

If i use my POP3 to view an e-mail sent to my outlook account when i return to work will that e-mail be in my outlook inbox?

Probably not. Most pop3 email clients are configured to download the mail, which brings the mail to the machine that the mail program is on, removing it from the pop3 server. SOme clients (Outlook and OE for example) allow you to specify that the email should be left on the server, but that's an additional step you'd need to take on all email programs that access your mail. Even then, there's additional work as it would leave all your email on the server, possibly running into out of space or mailbox full issues. It really depends on the specifics of your situation.

I've been using the Foxmail 5.0 email client to access all my Yahoo! and Hotmail webmail accounts as well as all my other POP3 emails. It works great! Previously, I had to use YahooPOPs and HotPOP. But with Foxmail, it's all built-in. The web to POP3 layer runs as a service but is only loaded whenever it is needed. In the past, I had to use scripts with other email clients to start and stop YahooPOP and HotPOP. Furthermore, Foxmail also has a built-in bayesian spam filter.
I find this email client a blessing and I think it's an excellent client that answers the needs addressed in this article. It can also easily import and export from Outlook Express.
It's quite stable and email viruses don't seem to bother it. I can also turn off HTML email in specific accounts. Find out for yourself from their website here: http://www.foxmail.com.cn/english/english_2.htm
By the way, it's totally FREE!

Dear sir/ madam,
Please suggest me an email website where i creat mt free a/c and configure my a/c into OE. where i send and received my mail.
urs faithfully
suman

I *think* Google's GMail allows you to do that.

Most free services do not because if you use Outlook, they cannot present you with the advertising that pays for the service.

Yes
if the pop3 is open for access then you can configure your mail client to pull mails from the pop3 address

Umesh
umesh_joshi@spanners4us.com

If you are going to post a comment with a question like 'WHAT ARE THE POP3 SERVERS FOR SUCH AND SUCH' or 'GIVE ME THIS AND GIVE ME THAT', or pretty much any QUESTION, then here's what you should do (IMHO):

Open Notepad. Type the comment that you would have typed on this page. Save it on the desktop. Drag the file from your desktop to your RECYCLE BIN. Right click on the recycle bin and select 'Empty Recycle Bin'.

Post COMMENTs, not QUESTIONS! ;)

Hi Leo,
I've just bought myself a shiny new 3G phone and have stayed up all night playing about with it and setting up all the bits and bobs. I was hoping to set up a pop3 account so that I could read my Hotmails via my phone, but I couldn't find their pop3 details on their website. Their help page wasn't helpfull, and a search using their homepage ('pop3 settings hotmail') sent me to your site - which at least explained why I couldn't find what I was after.
Since reading that most of your focus was for Outlook Express, and since typing my comment, it has occured to me that I had had a set-up via Hotmail to send emails to an older phone (which I promptly cut-off as I couldn't effectively filter out all the junk mail). This had been set-up via their site, so surely I should be able to do this again...ahha! Yes, there's a handy link on the left of the page - but! a) it contains the delightfully cheery message "You only pay for the messages you send and receive" - note the last, key word there, and b) they don't have the 3 network available for this service - probably just as well, then.
So, sorry to waste your time - and indeed, mine - I could just click the little red cross in the top right hand corner right now, but I've made the effort to find, read and reply to your site, so I feel the least I could do is to leave a rambling comment on it at 5:09am!
Morning Leo, thanks for your help, Alex.

I don't know about hotmail pop mail, I like Leo's idea of keeping it for a disposable address. Since I was on dialup "in the sticks" I opted to purchase the yearly package from Yahoo for 19 bucks so I could download mail and hang up. You get all kinds of extras with that package and you never have to look at an ad. I've only had one website refuse to accept the yahoo address as my default mailbox. I send mail from my yahoo address(through outlook) even though my port 25 is restricted to my ISP. When you purchase Yahoo, they give you the port # to use to send your mail from outlook. Nope, it won't work after you cancel the upgrade pkg.!

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