We don't know for sure, but I expect that the database internally stores the ids of messages that are left on server, and checks the headers of each message before downloading it.
This internal table is deleted when the database is rebuilt. -- Barry Wainwright Microsoft MVP (see http://mvp.support.microsoft.com for details) Seen the All-New Entourage Help Pages? - Check them out: <http://www.entourage.mvps.org/> > From: revDAVE <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: "Entourage:mac Talk" <[email protected]> > Date: Sat, 05 Feb 2005 11:14:55 -0800 > To: "Entourage:mac Talk" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Another rebuilding tip > > BTW: This has always been a mystery to me - does anybody know what " field > " e-mail programs store the information for which e-mail's are new and which > e-mail's have previously been downloaded ( So they do not download > duplicates before they are deleted from the server)? > > Or - is it some global parameter - that stores the exact last second that > they download from the server - so that when it goes to get new stuff it > starts at particular time of when the server received mail - or something > like that? > > > -- > Thanks - RevDave > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [db-lists] > > > -- > To unsubscribe: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > archives: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.letterrip.com/> > old-archive: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.boingo.com/> > -- To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> archives: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.letterrip.com/> old-archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.boingo.com/>
