You need to use an imap server, I do not know if gmail has this or
not, as pop (IIRC) does not allow you to grab headers and download
/ leave on the server.
If I am wrong please do not shoot me, as I am not 100% sure, but
have always set users up with imap when they have asked for this
feature.
Okay, I won't shoot you, but POP3 servers do permit you to download
a copy of a message without deleting it. I know this is supported
in Eudora and Outlook, but I don't know about Mail.app. Often it
masquerades as a "leave on server for x days" feature.
Luck,
Andrew
not quite the same -
POP "leave on server " simply downloads the all mail in the mailbox
(headers/messages/attachments) that hasn't previously been
downloaded by that client and then leaves any messages on the server
that have been downloaded within the "leave on server" time period
deleting mail downloaded prior to that time span.
good for being able to access read and write (if not send) mail off
line, slow particularly on dial up.
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I'm pretty sure IMAP allows you to ONLY download the headers so you
can then download the message body when you want to read it. good
for mobile devices or dialup/satellite access but can't read mail
that hasn't been already read (or selected to download) when offline
obviously both have their advantages and disadvantages
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