Hello MaXxX,

On  Fri, 18 May 2001 at 08:18:36 GMT +0200 (which was 18/05/2001 13:18
GMT +0700 my Local Time) "MaXxX"=[M] wrote to Syafril Hermansyah :

M>>> How  do  the  servers tell mail clients which is their behaviour? I
M>>> mean,  do  the  asynchronous  servers  have  any way of identifying
M>>> themselves as such?

>> No  need  actually.  As  my sample logs, in fact POPServer *knows* the
>> message already succesful tranfer/download. The QUIT command then will
>> be redundant.

M> No,  I  mean  that  the  mail  clients  _does_ need to know, when a
M> connection  breaks or something, whether messages have been deleted
M> from the server or not.

If  client  needs  it,  he  can  use  LIST  command  (if still in same
session),  but  if  he  need  to  know on next logon, he must use UIDL
command, and compare with last UIDL data (previous logon).

M> Right now, TB! expects the servers NOT to delete mails immediately,
M> and  thus  if  the  QUIT  command  isn't  sent  (because of various
M> reasons) TB! regets all mails next time.

Correct, that's how synchronous (common/normal) work.

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