Well, if the connection aborts or timesout, the server doesn't know what the user has actually SEEN, so it's very risky to "auto-delete" mail in that case.
How happy would your users be if this were the case: I told outbreak to check the mail, it started and the windows box crashed. When I checked next, all my mail was gone; I never even saw it. I need you to get it back. That's the wrong way, qpopper is doing the correct thing. Quoting Rishi Gangoly ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > Hi Guys > > I've made some progress. Thought I'd share this with the group. > > The option does work. But what works is this. If I configure the Leave on > Server option ON and check mail, it gets deleted. > > However, if a connection aborts or timesout, then this does not work as far > as Outlook Express goes. > > not sure if Eudora manages to flush the message after it receives it. > > >From another group I was told that OE flushes mail after it downloads ALL > mail. > > :-( > > Regards > > Rishi > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Rishi Gangoly" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Subscribers of Qpopper" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Saturday, January 04, 2003 2:52 AM > Subject: auto-delete feature not working for me > > > > Hi > > > > I configured my qpopper with --enable-auto-delete but it does not seem to > be > > working. > > > > I also tried to run qpopper -f config-file where I added the line > > set auto-delete = true > > > > but it does not seem to work. > > > > Can anyone help? > > > > I'm using OE to check the messages. I delete my route so that it times out > > mid-way to and then add the route back on and check but it downloads all > the > > messages again. > > > > Any ideas on how to test if I've got it right? > > > > Regards > > > > Rishi > >
