cheers();
> Pegasus (windows freeware) has long had a pop3 feature that it called
> "selective POP download". It was also implemented well in HandMail 2.0
> for Palm OS and sometimes worked, but was confusing to configure for the
> mail component of StarOffice 5.2.
>
> It works like this in Pegasus and HandMail. Instead of "check mail"
> you can "download the headers" only. Once the headers were downloaded,
> you could mark them to "do nothing", "move from server", "copy from
> server" or "delete from server". It was a great management tool. Why
> isn't it implemented in more POP MUAs in general, and in Evolution, in
> particular.
That can be useful in some environments. But consider the following:
- SPAM mails are normally small and you have to download the header
anyways.
- All other mail headers have to be loaded *twice*, as POP3 knows how to
download only headers, but not only body.
That in mind, with more mails than SPAM you are likely to *increase* the
download.
And it really gets annoying with mailing lists, as you has to have a
look at all incoming mails. That can take really a lot of time.
Don't get me wrong, I assume it can be useful for some users. But I
doubt, there would be many.
fetchmail and procmail are really good Tools (and you can filter SPAM)
-- I just have all my mails waiting locally without downloading. :)
...guenther
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