Newbie needs help with first time configuration

Nick ! kousue at gmail.com
Mon Mar 12 13:57:52 PDT 2007


On 3/12/07, Woodchuck <djv at bedford.net> wrote:
> On Mon, 12 Mar 2007, Nick ! wrote:
>
> > >    I am using MSN which does not support pop downloads.  MSN supports the
> > > http protocol.  I am very appreciative of your help.
> >
> > Huh? Why does this matter?
> >
> > -Nick
>
> Nick, could he mean "ftp" (not pop)?

The thing is, what he says is correct. MSN (i.e. hotmail; notice he
has an @msn.com address) only has a webmail interface, not a POP
interface. It just has no relevance that I can see. The only other way
it could be interpreted would imply he's confusing pkg_add with MSN
somehow.

-Nick


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