From: Tadeusz Bochan <tad.bochan@...>
Date: 2009-08-23T19:13:44+09:00
Subject: Re: retrieving Yahoo mail with Net::IMAP

Tadeusz Bochan wrote:
> Hi,
> I'm trying read my email from BT Yahoo cos they seem to have withdrawn
> their archive facility recently.
> 
> However, when I try the following, it just hangs forever :
> 
> loginid=%w{myuserid mypass}
> pp (imap = Net::IMAP.new("mail.btinternet.com",587))
> pp (imap.capability) # or imap.authenticate("LOGIN",*loginid)
> 
> Seems to connect ok, but then NUTTIN !
> 
> Any suggestions please ?
> 
> (or does anyone know why Yahoo pulled the plug on their archive option
> ?)

In my original note, I used port 587, which seems to be an alternate 
outgoing port, so that explains the hang.

When I used the standard imap port 143, I get:
No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused 
it. - connect(2) (Errno::ECONNREFUSED)

Maybe Yahoo uses another port number ?
I've spent hours and hours searching and experimenting.
Any help would make my day.
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