i think i see. Go in: pop_updt.c Search for: status_written++ 2 lines above it you'll see: if ( mp->retr_flag ) change it to: if ( mp->retr_flag && p->bUpdate_status_hdrs )
Recompile, reinstall, blah blah. Developers..overlooked bug? Can we really assume that we should update the Status: header just because it exists, even if the admin is telling us not to? --Tony .-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-. Anthony J. Biacco Network Administrator/Engineer [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.asteroid-b612.org "You find magic from your god, and I find magic everywhere" .-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-. On Thu, 22 Jan 2004, Jim Medley wrote: > Tony: Below are copies of a test message sent to me after configuring > with --disable-status. The first is the one downloaded first which > shows as unread and the second showed as read. The same message was > downloaded using Eudora on a Mac and PC..... > #1... > >Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Received: from [165.95.60.251] (mcfernandez.tamu.edu [165.95.60.251]) > > by aesrg.tamu.edu (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i0MK29lP000443 > > for <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Thu, 22 Jan 2004 14:02:10 -0600 (CST) > >Mime-Version: 1.0 > >Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2004 14:02:40 -0600 > >To: Jim Medley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >From: Christina Fernandez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Subject: test > >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" > >Status: > > #2.... > >Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Received: from [165.95.60.251] (mcfernandez.tamu.edu [165.95.60.251]) > > by aesrg.tamu.edu (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i0MK29lP000443 > > for <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Thu, 22 Jan 2004 14:02:10 -0600 (CST) > >Mime-Version: 1.0 > >Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2004 14:02:40 -0600 > >To: Jim Medley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >From: Christina Fernandez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Subject: test > >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" > >Status: RO > Thanks, Jim > > > >On Thu, 22 Jan 2004, Jim Medley wrote: > > > >> Most mail clients are Eudora 6.0 on Macs, but it also happens with > >> Outlook on Win 2000. Jim > >> > > > >if those clients don't check the Status: or X-UIDL headers, to see if a > >message is read, but check UIDLs and/or the LAST command instead, then, i > >don't think --disable-status will do any good. Because it just supresses > >those headers. > >I think Eudora DID use Status: though, i'm not sure. > >Do you see either of those headers in the mail in your mail client? > >Realize, any messages you are trying to retrieve, that were intially > >retrieved BEFORE you turned on --disable-status will still have the > >Status: or X-UIDL headers in them, unless you go and remove them manually. > >Messages after you turned on --disable-status should not, and you should > >check those headers in your client to make sure they're not in there. > > > >--Tony > >.-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-. > >Anthony J. Biacco Network Administrator/Engineer > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.asteroid-b612.org > > > > "You find magic from your god, and I find magic everywhere" > >.-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-. > > > >> >On Thu, 22 Jan 2004, Jim Medley wrote: > >> > > >> >> > >> >> I am presently looking at the file 'qpopper4.0.5/popper/pop_stat.c'. > >> >> I believe this is where I might make the correction, but have no idea > >> >> what to do. Any thoughts other than changing to imap? Thanks, Jim > >> >> > >> > > >> >what kind of mail clients? > >> > > >> >--Tony > >> >.-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-. > >> >Anthony J. Biacco Network Administrator/Engineer > >> >[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.asteroid-b612.org > >> > > >> > "You find magic from your god, and I find magic everywhere" > >> >.-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-. > >> > >> > >> > > > >-- > >.-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-. > >Anthony J. Biacco Network Administrator/Engineer > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.asteroid-b612.org > > > > "You find magic from your god, and I find magic everywhere" > >.-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-. > > > -- .-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-. Anthony J. Biacco Network Administrator/Engineer [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.asteroid-b612.org "You find magic from your god, and I find magic everywhere" .-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-.
