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"Ken" == Ken Hornstein <kenh(_at_)cmf(_dot_)nrl(_dot_)navy(_dot_)mil>
writes:
Ken> You mean via POP? It deletes each message right after it retrieves
Ken> it,
Ken> AFAIK. I think that problem is that according to the POP3 spec,
Ken> unless you
Ken> get a clean QUIT, you don't make any changes to the mailbox.
>>
>> Hmm. That's probably what I experience.
>> I want to sync the mailbox more often than that.
>>
>> I guess the obvious hack is to disconnect and reconnect again, but
>> I wonder if can come up with something else.... perhaps I'll hack the
>> server,
>> and maybe it is just time for IMAP :-)
Ken> FWIW, there's an option to qpopper that will treat an abort like a
Ken> clean
Well, having "inc" catch SIG_INT and shut down cleanly might be enough
initially. I'd like to have a "SYNC" or some such extension. I'm running
a hacked spopd under SSH...
] ON HUMILITY: to err is human. To moo, bovine. | firewalls [
] Michael Richardson, Sandelman Software Works, Ottawa, ON |net architect[
] mcr(_at_)sandelman(_dot_)ottawa(_dot_)on(_dot_)ca
http://www.sandelman.ottawa.on.ca/ |device driver[
] panic("Just another NetBSD/notebook using, kernel hacking, security guy"); [
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