Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2001 09:29:35 -0500 From: Bill Moran <wmoran@mail.iowna.com> To: Ted Mittelstaedt <tedm@toybox.placo.com> Cc: "'Huff'" <dwhuff1@home.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: qpopper Message-ID: <3A66FDCE.ED64D506@mail.iowna.com> References: <004401c08130$8401d5e0$1401a8c0@tedm.placo.com>
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Ted Mittelstaedt wrote: > Arrg! No, No NO! qpopper rewrites the mailfile in /var/mail and adds > a status header to the message that indicates if the message is read or > unread. There is not a problem to use pop from multiple mail clients > AS LONG AS only ONE mail client is configured to DELETE messages on the > server when it checks mail, AND the user is sufficiently careful. > > For example, it is no problem to have a mailserver at work in which the > e-mail client at work is set to NOT leave messages on the mailserver, (ie" > it deletes them) and the mail client at home is set to Leave messages on > the server. That way if the employee stays home and works for a day > they can check e-mail and when they come back into the office they > can still have a copy of the message. Outlook has no problem doing > this if the mailserver is properly configured. Alright, I could be wrong here (it's happened before) and if I am, I'm guilty of one of the Greatest Crimes Against Humanity: spreading false information with an air of authority. But I would like some further clarification (if you would). In looking through RFC-1939 I see nothing that would facilitate the behaviour you describe above. While it may be true the qpopper tracks which messages have been downloaded and which haven't - how could the client possibly know? Perhaps I'm missing something (it wouldn't be the first time). If you can refer me to a document that describes this I'd be interested to read it. I know IMAP is designed to facilitate this, but qpopper isn't an IMAP server. -Bill To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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