Linux+Seamonkey+Sympatico Problem

[Manimoto Mushi]

>From: bob <ican-rZHaEmXdJNJWk0Htik3J/w at public.gmane.org>
>Reply-To: tlug-lxSQFCZeNF4 at public.gmane.org
>To: tlug-lxSQFCZeNF4 at public.gmane.org
>Subject: Re: [TLUG]: Linux+Seamonkey+Sympatico Problem
>Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2007 18:27:22 -0500
>
>I believe the "hm" in the Sympatico server names refers to "Hotmail" as in
>outsourced to ...

Yes I found this out as well.

>I wish I could convince someone with the expertise to put a TCP/IP packet
>trace on the Sympatico/Hotmail-email client interaction.    In particular 
>it
>would be interesting to compare the packets for Outlook vs. Thunderbird for
>the same account on the same Sympatico account.    While I suspect the SSL
>will "mess up" the scientific comparison,    I think there would be a good
>story in the embrace and extinguish tweek that our friends and Hotmail have
>apparently done to SSL and TLS "standards" to allow only Outlook to work.

hmm....does Outlook work in Wine on Linux, I wonder?
If it does, one could then dump the packets and analyze.
I don't have the expertise to do the analysis but will see if Outlook will 
work on a WinXP machine under Linux+Wine.

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