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Re: POP3 delivers, not deletes

2003-09-08 07:25:26
At 09:18 AM 9/8/2003 -0400, you wrote:
Although it is theoretically possible, using POP (rather than IMAP) 
to leave the mail on the server until you pull it again with POP, 
many servers appear to clear out the mail after POPing it. 


The Client program users LIST and RETR to get the messages than DELE to
remove them. The server/cloud program(s) don't do that. If you/anyone want
to leave mesage a\on a POP3 MTA, selecting a client program (or writing one)
to not DELEte them at your discression is potenetially useful.
regs,
Dan

I am already doing it here:

http://MailThentic.com/test.php

See the "Test Only (don't delete)" flag at bottom.

Shelby Moore
http://AntiViotic.com (aka http://MailThentic.com)




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