[pmmail-list] PMMail mystery process pegs CPU

[Steve Marvin]

On Tue, 04 Sep 2001 01:50:08 +0100 (BST), Paul Ratcliffe wrote:

>On Mon, 03 Sep 2001 01:00:55 -0700, Marty Rimpau wrote:
>
>>I have experienced problems where the server gets disconnected, and
>>when the connection is reestablished, the whole bunch of messages get
>>fetched again.  Couldn't there be an option where once a message is
>>received, even if the down load is incomplete, that pm mail would 
>fetch
>>and delete to eliminate this problem?
>
>This is a fundamental problem with the POP3 protocol. It cannot be 
>solved by *any* client software. Read the RFC if you don't believe me.
>

Actually it can, but the solution is really ugly:

	Get one message per pop3 session (logon, getone, logoff).

Told you it was ugly!

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