3/12/03 Martin Pickering : >By the way, I solved my problem of duplicated files whenever the digest >exceeded my 30k limit. My own stupid fault! I'd created TWO "Accounts" >that were looking at the same email account. Must have been like that for >years. Obvious, really.
After suggesting that yesterday I recalled that it occurred to me long ago, and Chris' post made that clear. Here's a summary to keep in mind when setting up multiple mixed accounts to accomodate the various outgoing server/incoming server combinations that some use when moving between locations and ISPs): - 1 - Emailer, not the server, remembers what messages were downloaded, or partially downloaded. It does that on an account basis (the EMAILER account, NOT the mail server account) - 2 - so when you set an Emailer account to leave messages on the server for some time, or partially download big messages, only THAT Emailer account remembers what to retrieve next time and when to delete the older ones (if you access that server by other means, those messages will appear as unread) - 3 - thus, if multiple Emailer accounts access the same mail server account, the messages that were already downloaded but left on the server, or partially downloaded, will be downloaded again by the next Emailer account Conclusion: if you use the "partial retrieve" or "leave on server" features, make sure only one Emailer account accesses that server account at a time, or you'll get duplicates. ---- VRic ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe send a mail message with a SUBJECT line of "unsubscribe" to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> or <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
