On Thu, Jan 25, 2001 at 10:26:33AM -0600, Kris Kelley wrote:
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> Probably because that other pop3 server allows for the "LAST" POP3 command.
> "LAST" returns the number of the last message downloaded. Ideally this
> should be enough to determine which messages are new, but only after some
> assumptions that aren't always correct. The most recent POP3 RFC deprecated
> the "LAST" command, and not all POP3 servers support it.
LAST can only be reliable on a mailserver where message-order is
preserved from session to session. qmail-pop3d sorts messages based on
size, so supporting LAST would yield wrong results anyway.
Greetz, Peter.
