Feature Request--All Versions

Steve Lamb PMMAIL Discussion List <PMMAIL-L@VM.EGE.EDU.TR>
Mon, 5 Apr 1999 15:32:39 -0700


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On Mon, 5 Apr 1999 21:56:20 +0200, Erik P. Olsen wrote:

>I like to see a feature where you may disconnect PMMail in the midst of a
>receive operation so that you could reconnect at some later time and only
>receive what you haven't got.  That of course implies that the mailer has to
>delete what was read at disconnect time, but I would be surprised if that
>was difficult to accomplish.

    This is because of the way that the POP3 protocol works.  It would work
with IMAP, after a fashion.  But then, with IMAP, one wouldn't need to worry
about the large attachment problem either.



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