From: 7stud -- <bbxx789_05ss@...>
Date: 2009-08-23T19:18:51+09:00
Subject: Re: retrieving Yahoo mail with Net::IMAP

Tadeusz Bochan wrote:
> 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 I'm trying read my email from BT Yahoo cos they seem to have withdrawn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.


1) First, your code is not connecting to yahoo's mail servers.  The mail 
server's name in your code is:

mail.btinternet.com

2) Do you pay for Yahoo! mail?
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