[pmmail-list] Remote control

[Frank Winkler @home]

On Sun, 04 Feb 2001 18:13:37 +0100 (MEZ), Lueko Willms wrote:

 >> Nope, we don't have this in PMMail/2. BTW: What the hell is "quick 
 >> interrogation"?
 >
 >   Just look again in the Account Settings notebook, under "Receive",
 >and you will find the "Quick Interrogation" click. Hit F1 for help
 >and the explanation of "Quick interrogation". 


On Sun, 04 Feb 2001 10:47:10 -0700, Doug Thompson wrote:

 >>Nope, we don't have this in PMMail/2. BTW: What the hell is "quick 
 >>interrogation"?
 >>
 >
 >Bummer!
 >
 >Quick Interrogation is used to find new messages if you leave your
 >emails on the server.
 >
 >From "Help" for Windoze version:
 ><quote>
 >For those using any form of message storing on the email server (i.e.
 >leave on server), we have provided two distinct methods of checking
 >your server for new messages.  Blueprint Software Works's Quick
 >Interrogation is the default method.  This method can highly reduce
 >your online time by using an estimating algorithm to quickly find new
 >messages.  However, because it employs several features of a POP server
 >that are found on most, but not all servers, we have also provided a
 >Full Interrogation method.  If you feel that PMMail may be missing some
 >e-mails that are up on your server, either by fetching or using the
 >remote control, turn off the Quick Interrogation for more accurate
 >results.
 ></quote>

Of course, I saw the mentioned checkboxes and help texts. But my problem is 
that I couldn't get the sense of "quick interrogation" up to now. Maybe the 
reason is that my POP server doesn't support it. Could anybody please explain 
me how this works - if it works?

TIA

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