On 13 Jul 2001, at 13:00, Dan York wrote:
> Scott,
>
> > POP3 does not require messages to be deleted.
[...]
> >If this option is used, it may be possible for IMAP and POP3
> > to co-exist. I say may because I've not tried it. Mostly I wanted to
> > point out that "delete messages from server" is not a _requirement_
> > of POP3.
>
> Yikes... it would actually be an interesting experiment to try (on a
> system where you didn't care about the mailbox and whether you would
> lose anything). In theory, I *could* see it working. But I would
> wonder about the status of the message flags and such. Hmmm...
>
Actually, while theroetically possible you will run into one of two
problems.
1: If the POP client were set to download only unread mail, and leave
a copy on the server it would work fine if the POP client got to the
mail first. But if the IMAP client got to the messages first, the
message would be tagged as read, then the POP client would not
download a copy.
2: If the POP Client was set to download new and read messages, and
still leave a copy on the server, then everytime the POP client
checked for new mail, he'd get copies of the new stuff and
duplicate/triplicate/quaduplicate/etc copies of the messages he
already saw.
On the other hand, you could setup a second account, and have a copy
of everything forwarded to the second account. Then the POP client
could access the second account, and the IMAP client could access the
original.
This of course is only my humble two cents worth.
Dean
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