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. >___ >To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit >http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote
