Feature Request--All Versions

Erik P. Olsen PMMAIL Discussion List <PMMAIL-L@VM.EGE.EDU.TR>
Tue, 6 Apr 1999 08:31:31 +0200


On Mon, 5 Apr 1999 15:32:39 -0700, Steve Lamb wrote:

>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.
>
Some mentioned that Post Road Mailer has it.  They use POP3 as well, don't they?

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