On Mon, 2003-11-03 at 15:52, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > On 2003-11-03 05:38:44 -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: > > Have you tried fetchmail? > > It is easy to lose mail with fetchmail (and I did lose mail in the past > with it).
Really? Do you know how? > > The messages in /var/log/mail.log seem to indicate that it deletes > > each mail after a successful fetch. > > How does it do that? I've been told that it was not possible with POP3 > (unless by closing the connection after each mail, but that would be > very inefficient and not acceptable). RETR 1 DELE 1 RETR 2 DELE 2 RETR 3 DELE 3 etc -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Ron Johnson, Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Jefferson, LA USA "Those who would give up essential Liberty to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither Liberty nor safety." or something like that Ben Franklin, maybe -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]