[antispam-f] Re: Only if ... exists
- From: Dave Higton <dave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: antispam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2013 07:42:28 GMT
In message <53b0845f4cantispam@xxxxxxxxx>
Frank de Bruijn <antispam@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>In article <b4c551b053.DaveMeUK@xxxxxxxxxxxx>,
> Dave Higton <dave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> It is indeed possible that the Iyonix will go offline while mail is
>> being fetched. Plan B is that my mail service /will/ /not/ delete
>> mail after it is fetched; that's just how it works.
>
>That's indeed how POP3 works. The actual deletion of deleted messages,
>whether they were retrieved or not, doesn't take place until the server
>has received the final QUIT command. If the transfer is interrupted in
>any way before that, everything the client downloaded will have to be
>downloaded again during the next session.
>
>> It means I have to go to the webmail pages and delete loads of mail
>> from time to time.
>
>If you rely on the standard POP3 machanism, you shouldn't have to leave
>them on the server.
Inbox.com's POP3 implementation ignores delete commands. It's not
my setup; that's just how Inbox.com works.
Dave
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