> This avoids any problems with Paul's structure, say you receive 3 emails in the time > it takes to download/process and delete them all. Then you've just dumped 3 unread emails.
I'm not quite sure what you mean by this? Could you explain in a bit more detail? As I understand various POP servers to work (and I have worked with more than I care to remember), if I have three mails for instance numbered 1,2 and 3 and I process them all in one go. During that process if three more arrive, they will be numbered 4,5 and 6. So if the delete function is only passed the values 1,2 and 3 then 4,5 and 6 will become 1,2 and 3 for the next time you access the POP account... You don't lose any mail in that way. The only possible way you could lose mail doing this is if your POP server re-orders mail with every POP session at which point messages 1,2 and 3 would not be guaranteed to be numbered 1,2 and 3 between your GETALL and your DELETE calls whether or not messages 4, 5 and 6 arrived at any point in your processing... If your POP code does process mails one by one and your POP server re-orders mails in this way (which in my opinion smacks of a poor POP server implementation), you are increasing the risk that you are going to process the wrong mail. As I've already said, the only guaranteed way to delete mail is by using the UID attribute. Using the UID is slower than messagenumber by nature as it has to retrieve and parse the UIDs of all the mails in the mailbox to establish its current message number for deletion as the DELE command only supports message number deletion at the end of the day.... Deletion by UID over POP is merely an abstraction superimposed on the POP protocol that guarantees you always get the correct mail. Paul ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Logware (www.logware.us): a new and convenient web-based time tracking application. Start tracking and documenting hours spent on a project or with a client with Logware today. Try it for free with a 15 day trial account. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=67 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:198467 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
