Hi Kathy,
I don't leave mail on the server.
Stacey and Amigo

> ----- Original Message -----
>From: Kathy Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>To: Braillenote List <[email protected]
>Date: Mon, 04 Jul 2005 17:14:14 -0800
>Subject: re: [Braillenote] Strange happenings with email

>This may be stating the obvious, but if you have your receive mail set to 
>leave messages on the server so that you can get them on your PC as well, you 
>will hear the true number of messages on the server in your pop mailbox, but 
>the vnqt only downloads those you don't already have. For instance, if you 
>have ten online but you've already downloaded 5 of them, you will only get the 
>5 you haven't got on your device when you check mail the second time when the 
>new 5 were added to the internet. Now if you have emptied your trash, the 
>system has no way to know you've already seen the messages and so you'll get 
>all ten this time. This is why sometimes you get the same message twice and 
>sometimes not. If it can be accounted for on your active vn then you don't get 
>it downloaded again. If it has been deleted, then the system thinks it's new 
>to you and you get it downloaded again.

>Now if you have your settings set to delete messages after downloading, there 
>are two ways this can be handled. One is to check on the next check mail round 
>and delete those already downloaded. The other way is to delete right after 
>they are downloaded on the same pass. I'm not sure how this software does it. 
>If the former and you only check mail once then delete and shut down then 
>restart, you might get repeats. IF that doesn't happen it's working the latter 
>way.

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