I think the option is something like "--enable-uw-kludge".  This will stop the 
message from appearing to the POP clients.

Alternatively, your users could use a MUA (mail user agent) that supports IMAP 
from their Desktop and laptop (away client)...

Or they could just use a POP client for both.

Regards,
Gregory Hicks

> Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2001 08:09:57 -1000
> From: Clifton Royston <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

> On Tue, Oct 23, 2001 at 07:30:46PM +0000, Oliver Egginger wrote:
> > Sorry for (maybe) asking an FAQ.
> > (I didn't found something usefull about this...)
> > 
> > I'am using QPopper 4.03
> > Some of my pop-users receive messages like this one:
> > 
> > > Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2001 17:19:56 +0200 (MET DST)
> > > From: Mail System Internal Data <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > >
> > > This text is part of the internal format of your mail folder, and is not
> > > a real message.  It is created automatically by the mail system software.
> > > If deleted, important folder data will be lost, and it will be re-created
> > > with the data reset to initial values.
> > 
> > 
> > I belief that QPopper stores these kind of messages for internal use.
> 
> No, it's created by uw-imapd and/or Pine - the University of
> Washington's (uw) mail software packages.  (Note the "X-IMAP" flag in
> there.) It's an annoyance.  Much of their software is an annoyance
> IMHO, starting with their history of poor coding practices leading to
> chronic security problems.  (My personal bias, at any rate.)
> 
> > But why it delivers those messages to some of my pop-users.
> > And why he stores those messages (seemingly) only for some pop-users.
> > (It never appears into my privat Mailbox and I'am using POP3 too 
(kmail/linux))
> > I entertain suspicion that it have something to do with there Mail-Clients,
> > but I'dont know something specific.
> > 
> > How can I prevent that messages like this one above will be send to my 
pop-users ?
> 
> I believe qpopper has an option to suppress it.  Alternatively, you can
> also alter the options on Pine, at least, to avoid storing it in the
> first place.  I don't recall about their imapd.
>   -- Clifton
> 
> -- 
>  Clifton Royston  --  LavaNet Systems Architect --  [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>    WWJD?   "JWRTFM!" - Scott Dorsey (kludge)   "JWG" - Eddie Aikau

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