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Re: [fetchmail]selective delete from pop server

2002-06-06 11:01:17
From: Mike Arrison <arrison(_at_)gnostech(_dot_)com>

Fetchmail newbie here,
        I've configured fetchmail to grab 3 pop accounts succesfully.
Yeah me :)  Anyway, I want to leave the mail on the server (KEEP, easy
right?), but delete it after 5 days or so.  In M$ Outlook, Eudora and
others there is a feature that says something like "Leave mail on the
server for X days".  That's what I want to do.
        Does fetchmail support this selective deleting from a POP
account?

The short answer is, no.

The long answer is that the full explanation as to why not can be found in the list archive, where this has been discussed a few times. I believe somebody was talking about producing a patch, though whether that ever happened I don't know (as I don't want to leave it lying about on my ISPs servers).


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