On 11/06/02 at 14:51, Chris Wagner wrote:
> From a client perspective, could you run it with the option "Leave
> messages on server" enabled to prevent downloading of messages to
> machines?
>
> I mean, in that instant, would the client just "preview" the message
> on the server, having not downloaded it, or would clicking on the
> message itself download to this box.
'Leave messages on server' (as in Eudora) generally means that the client
does download messages, but does not delete them from the server after
they've been downloaded. This can be useful if a user is retrieving
messages via POP3 from two different computers (e.g., work and home) and
wants to be able to have all incoming messages on both computers.
MailSiphon (look for it on VersionTracker) does something that's probably
more along the lines of what you're asking about. It can log in to a POP
account and display a list of messages -- with subject, sender and size --
without actually downloading the messages. Mailsmith, from Bare Bones, has
a similar feature called the 'POP Monitor'. I expect that there are
probably other mail clients floating around out there with similar
features. You can also do the same thing by logging onto the POP server via
telnet to port 110 and issuing the appropriate POP commands manually.
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