Date sent: Tue, 8 Jul 2003 16:45:08 +0200 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (arachne-digest) To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: arachne-digest V1 #2175 Send reply to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Date: Tue, 08 Jul 2003 10:00:48 -0500 > From: "Samuel W. Heywood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Deletion of messages from POP3 server? > > Questions: > > When you delete some messages from your ISP's POP3 server, are the > messages usually automagically moved to some other storage media > maintained by your ISP before they are actually deleted from the POP3 > server? > > I have always wondered if the messages you delete from the POP3 > server get saved somewhere else or whether they go to never-never > land. > > Is there any way you can retrieve some messges you have accidentally > deleted from your POP3 server? If it is at all possible to retrieve > them, it most likely would require some help by your ISP's technical > support people. Is it possible to retrieve them if your ISP is > willing to help? If it is possible to retrieve them, would it involve > a great deal of work by the technical support people? > > Sam Heywood > - -- > This mail was written by user of The Arachne Browser: > http://browser.arachne.cz/ Hi, Sam: As I remember the RFC for POP mail, it is only when you send the "disconnect" (quit?) signal to the server that the "deleted" messages are actually gone to their reward. Until then, they are still stored, and marked for deletion. I would have to re-read the RFC to get the command, but the "deleted" messages can be retrieved if you do it before signing off. Henry Carmichael
