On Mon, 24 Jul 2000 03:44:37 -0400 (EDT), Thomas Mueller wrote:
> Under POP3 protocol, a server does not actually delete the messages requested to
> be deleted until the client issues a quit command. That is to prevent loss of
> data when a download is interrupted. Thus if the program bombs after
> downloading 29 of 30 messages, all 30 messages will still be there. That is not
> to say all POP3 servers are fully POP3-compliant.
This is not what happens at my ISP, SHENTEL.NET. If the program bombs
after downloading 29 of 30 messages, only the 30th message will still
be there. When you reconnect to your POP3 server the 30th message will
have become the first message. I know from experience that it works
that way. If I had instructed the program to leave messages on the
server, then all of the messages would stay there regardless of how many
of them I should download.
Sam Heywood
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