Hello!
Thursday, January 04, 2001, 2:38:12 AM, Matthias Worch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
MW> I just installed The Bat! and like it so far, but now I got a problem
MW> that's getting pretty annoying: I set the option to leave the
MW> messages on the server and delete after 2 days. But now when I get new
MW> messages it downloads all those messages again and again. Every time I
MW> get new mail I get those dupes and have to kill them via Menu (and
MW> when I use the Mail Dispatcher the Receive flag for those Mails is
MW> set, of course).
MW> Shouldn't The Bat! receive those Mails ONCE and then delete the
MW> Receive flag? I want to be able to get my mails once, but still leave
MW> the copies on the server for 2 days (so that I can get the same mails
MW> on two different computers) - like this I'm getting the same mails again
MW> and again, every time I check mail :(
Perhaps something is wrong with your POP3 server. To be exact, there is
something wrong with the so-called UIDL mechanism which is used by every
MUA to determine the presence of a really new messages in the user's
mailbox.
You should check the output of a raw POP3 session. To do so:
1. Ensure that you have at least 3 new messages in your mailbox.
2. Shutdown The Bat! and any other applications such as mailbox checkers.
3. Launch you telnet client (UNIX shell will be great :-), enable
logging to some file and connect to the POP3 server in question. Then
type:
USER your_pop3_username
PASS your_pop3_password
LIST
UIDL
QUIT
Repeat the server session for at least 2 times and then compare server
replies to the UIDL command in 1st and 2nd sessions. If you'll see any
differencies it clearly indicates that POP3 server you're using needs
some maintenance or additional tweaking.
The first line in your telnet log probably will also contain the POP3
server identification string, such as
+OK QPOP (version 3.0.2) at hostname starting. <79106.978566438@hostname>
This ID can help you resolve this issue by consulting the appropriate
documentation.
--
Yours sincerely,
Andrey G. Sergeev (AKA Andris) http://www.andris.msk.ru/
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