This is not a problem actually more like a feature. A normal POP session 
would be something like this

USER xxxx
PASS xxxx
STAT
RETR 1
DELE 1
RETR 2
DELE 2
......
......
RETR xx
DELE xx
QUIT

I am not sure whether it is part of the RFC or what but what most POP 
server will do is delete the files only when it receives a QUIT. If the 
connection breaks it will abort all the DELE - probably it will mark the 
emails as read but nothing more. Is it because of the UIDL option ?? - 
If the client is keeping track of what it has read (when you use the 
keep on server option) and what it hasnt probably it will start from the 
begining after a aborted connection - maybe thats why the delete's are 
not applied.

Anyway the work around is the expunge option for fetchmail - just append 
expunge 10 in the "user <userid>" line in .fetchmailrc and it will send 
a quit after every 10 emails. Am sure this option is hidden somewhere in 
the OE and Netscape Messenger options too.


Mithun

KEDAR NAIK GAONKAR :-) wrote:

> u have to select option delete mail from server after downloading..and it
> will delete the mail once it is downloaded..
> 
> this option is there somewhere in connection or server option in outlook..
> 
> 
> good luck..
> 
> On Wed, 12 Dec 2001, Yogesh Dhond wrote:
> 
> 
>>This problem is there in outlook xpress also
>>  
>>
>>
>>
>>On Wed, 12 Dec 2001, Ajitabh Pandey wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Hi,
>>>
>>>On an average I receive about 150 mails per day.
>>>
>>>Daily morning I start downloading my mails using fetchmail and if the
>>>connection is broken andI restart fetchmail, it again starts downloading from
>>>the first mail. Though after completly downloading each mail it did say
>>>"flushed.."
>>>
>>>Is there any way by which I can delete the message from the mail server the
>>>moment it is downloaded.
>>>
>>>I am using yahoo's pop server.



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