[pmmail-list] problem with deleting messages from server

[Steve Wendt]

On Fri, 26 Jul 2002, Rod... Whitworth wrote:

> That is the way all smtp servers work.
> Deletes are only acted upon when a QUIT command is received.

Not *all* POP3 servers work this way.  My ISP is using what reports itself
as QPOP version 2.53, and it deletes as messages are downloaded.  I agree
that *most* POP3 servers work as you describe.


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