Thanks Sterling,
I will perform the suggested testing -- I wouldn't want to turn something
loose that mucks around in someone's mailbox until I was sure it was
bulletproof AND that I understood exactly how it worked.
I went back and checked the docs on "remove" and "clear"-- you're right
(of course!), I remembered them wrong. Thanks for "clearing "things up.
(;-)>
If you know, does the server somehow flag an individual message as to
whether the client has been informed of its presence in the mailbox; and not
allow its deletion until it (the server) is sure the client knows about it?
[That's one hellacious sentence!] (;-)>
Greg
----- Original Message -----
From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, September 28, 2000 4:49 PM
Subject: [REBOL] pop question Re:
>
> Actually, neither will happen they way you have specified it. This is
> because you have called REMOVE which will only remove the first
> element (use CLEAR). But to answer the real question:
>
> bag: open pop://user:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> length? bag
> == 5
>
> and DO NOT close it while my program runs for, say, 10 minutes.
> If the server receives 3 more messages for me during that time and
> I then do:
>
> CLEAR bag ; !!!!!!!!!! note, CLEAR removes all items, REMOVE does one
> close bag
>
> All 5 items will be removed and the next time you check your mail you
> will have the 3 new messages. It's easy to check since you can mail
> yourself some messages while you have the port open and I strongly
> suggest you do this for two reasons. One, understanding usually comes
> better through doing than hearing and two, you will prove that is DOES
> work like this and will not worry that you got the wrong info from
> somebody else (like me). And I don't want to responsible for lost
> email in case the server you access is totally weird. :)
>
> Sterling
>
> > For you email gurus out there:
> >
> > I open an email port like this:
> >
> > bag: open pop://user:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > length? bag
> > == 5
> >
> > and DO NOT close it while my program runs for, say, 10 minutes.
> > If the server receives 3 more messages for me during that time and
> > I then do:
> >
> > remove bag
> > close bag
> >
> > Will only the original 5 messages be removed from the server or,
> > since the port was left open, will all 8 of the messages be removed from
the
> > server. (with me never knowing about the last 3.)
> >
> > Greg Coughlan
> >
> >
>
>
