From a565e280e744d29f19166d7b0245e0debb4f56f3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Pav Lucistnik Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2009 13:47:42 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] - Add note that hotmail migrated to regular pop3 service PR: ports/138743 Submitted by: John Nielsen (maintainer) Feature safe: yes --- mail/hotwayd/pkg-descr | 7 ++++++- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/mail/hotwayd/pkg-descr b/mail/hotwayd/pkg-descr index 04e2646615ed..a57506f6d76d 100644 --- a/mail/hotwayd/pkg-descr +++ b/mail/hotwayd/pkg-descr @@ -1,4 +1,9 @@ -Hotwayd uses HTTPMail (the same protocol that Outlook Express uses) to access +NOTE: This port is deprecated as of 9/1/2009. +The Hotmail and Windows Live servers no longer support DAV, so hotwayd can +no longer work with those services. Fortunately the servers now support POP3 +directly (via POP3+SSL at pop3.live.com:995) so hotwayd is not needed. + +Hotwayd uses HTTPMail (the same protocol that Outlook Express used) to access servers such as Hotmail. The software acts as a proxy mail server, allowing you to access e-mail on Hotmail and similar servers using standard POP3 mail clients.