Re: Wish: dl only so many new messages instead of all

2006-11-09 Thread Alexander S. Kunz
Hello Roelof Otten & everyone else, on 09-Nov-2006 at 02:07 you (Roelof Otten) wrote: > So Peter's wish could come true. One problem though. When you decide > to download the last 300 messages, you could be picking up messages > that have been downloaded previously. Indeed. If you do not downloa

Re: Wish: dl only so many new messages instead of all

2006-11-08 Thread Roelof Otten
Hallo Alexander, On Wed, 8 Nov 2006 18:58:26 +0100GMT (8-11-2006, 18:58 , where I live), you wrote: ASK> Yes. Shouldn't make a difference if a program automatically issues the ASK> commands one by one. With the STAT and LIST command you can determine ASK> how many messages are on the server, and

Re: Wish: dl only so many new messages instead of all

2006-11-08 Thread Alexander S. Kunz
Hello Vili & everyone else, on 08-Nov-2006 at 21:00 you (Vili) wrote: > I told you that it is possible to download X message only. OK, you'll get a beer! ;-) > Just think about the mail dispatcher. That does the same thing. Apply > different stuff to different messages. That would be done here,

Re[2]: Wish: dl only so many new messages instead of all

2006-11-08 Thread Vili
Hello Alexander, > Hmmm... but then again, if its not about only partially downloading some > messages *headers* ... since you know how many messages are on the > server, you could just as well only download a portion of them... > without downloading all the headers, either... (I > just don't kno

Re: Wish: dl only so many new messages instead of all

2006-11-08 Thread Alexander S. Kunz
Hello Benedict Allen & everyone else, on 08-Nov-2006 at 02:21 you (Benedict Allen) wrote: AK>> That functionality depends on the POP server, not all types of AK>> servers support the TOP msg n command. > I thought that TOP msg n command would only give you one message > header at a time... Yes.

Re: Wish: dl only so many new messages instead of all

2006-11-07 Thread Benedict Allen
Howdy Alexander, Tuesday, November 7, 2006, 8:12:40 PM, Alexander wrotened: >> Using Telnet and POP protocol requests, it is possible to download the >> X newest (top X, I mean) messages. So, it IS possible to download the >> newest X messages indeed. AK> That functionality depends on the PO

Re: Wish: dl only so many new messages instead of all

2006-11-07 Thread Benedict Allen
Howdy Peter, Tuesday, November 7, 2006, 7:55:03 PM, Peter wrotened: RO As far as the newest 300 messages are concerned, could you do RO something like that with the mail dispatcher? (I don't know, RO didn't try it.) >>> I would also have to download all headers first, so both ways don

Re[2]: Wish: dl only so many new messages instead of all

2006-11-07 Thread Vili
Hello Alexander, >> Using Telnet and POP protocol requests, it is possible to download the >> X newest (top X, I mean) messages. So, it IS possible to download the >> newest X messages indeed. > That functionality depends on the POP server, not all types of servers > support the TOP msg n command.

Re: Wish: dl only so many new messages instead of all

2006-11-07 Thread Alexander S. Kunz
Hello Vili & everyone else, on 06-Nov-2006 at 19:59 you (Vili) wrote: > Using Telnet and POP protocol requests, it is possible to download the > X newest (top X, I mean) messages. So, it IS possible to download the > newest X messages indeed. That functionality depends on the POP server, not all

Re: Wish: dl only so many new messages instead of all

2006-11-07 Thread Peter Meyns
Hi Eddie, on Tue, 7 Nov 2006 21:24:03 +0100GMT, you wrote: RO>>> As far as the newest 300 messages are concerned, could you do RO>>> something like that with the mail dispatcher? (I don't know, RO>>> didn't try it.) >> I would also have to download all headers first, so both ways don't >> exactly

Re: Wish: dl only so many new messages instead of all

2006-11-07 Thread Eddie Castelli
Dear Peter, -->> Montag, 06. November 2006, 14:12:17: RO>> As far as the newest 300 messages are concerned, could you do RO>> something like that with the mail dispatcher? (I don't know, RO>> didn't try it.) > I would also have to download all headers first, so both ways don't > exactly help

Re: Wish: dl only so many new messages instead of all

2006-11-07 Thread Peter Meyns
Hi Vili, on Mon, 6 Nov 2006 13:59:02 -0500GMT, you wrote: PM>> I would like to be able to check for, say, the last 300 new messages PM>> on the server instead of *all*. Or those of the last x days. V> Using Telnet and POP protocol requests, it is possible to download the V> X newest (to

Re: Wish: dl only so many new messages instead of all

2006-11-07 Thread MAU
Hello Peter, PM> I would like to be able to check for, say, the last 300 new messages PM> on the server instead of *all*. Or those of the last x days. > M>> Downloading headers first is the only thing you can do with POP protocol M>> to achieve what you want. What you mentioned in your fir

Re[2]: Wish: dl only so many new messages instead of all

2006-11-06 Thread Vili
Hello Peter, PM> I would like to be able to check for, say, the last 300 new messages PM> on the server instead of *all*. Or those of the last x days. M>> Downloading headers first is the only thing you can do with POP protocol M>> to achieve what you want. What you mentioned in your first

Re: Wish: dl only so many new messages instead of all

2006-11-06 Thread Peter Meyns
Hi MAU, on Mon, 6 Nov 2006 14:35:34 +0100GMT (06.11.2006, 14:35 +0100GMT here), you wrote: PM I would like to be able to check for, say, the last 300 new messages PM on the server instead of *all*. Or those of the last x days. M> Downloading headers first is the only thing you can do wi

Re: Wish: dl only so many new messages instead of all

2006-11-06 Thread MAU
Hello Peter, PM>>> I would like to be able to check for, say, the last 300 new messages PM>>> on the server instead of *all*. Or those of the last x days. > PM>>> Do you think, this is a wish worthwhile filing to BT? > RO>> Only the messages of the last x days would require you to download the RO>

Re: Wish: dl only so many new messages instead of all

2006-11-06 Thread Peter Meyns
Hi Roelof, on Mon, 6 Nov 2006 00:32:54 +0100GMT (06.11.2006, 00:32 +0200GMT here), you wrote: PM>> I would like to be able to check for, say, the last 300 new messages PM>> on the server instead of *all*. Or those of the last x days. PM>> Do you think, this is a wish worthwhile filing to BT? R

Re: Wish: dl only so many new messages instead of all

2006-11-05 Thread Roelof Otten
Hallo Peter, On Sun, 5 Nov 2006 18:52:57 +0100GMT (5-11-2006, 18:52 , where I live), you wrote: PM> I would like to be able to check for, say, the last 300 new messages PM> on the server instead of *all*. Or those of the last x days. PM> Do you think, this is a wish worthwhile filing to BT? Onl

Re: Wish: dl only so many new messages instead of all

2006-11-05 Thread Alexander S. Kunz
Hello Peter Meyns & everyone else, on 05-Nov-2006 at 18:52 you (Peter Meyns) wrote: > Do you think, this is a wish worthwhile filing to BT? Wouldn't this be possible with a selective download filter? -- Best regards, Alexander (http://www.neurowerx.de) The only thing that stops God from send

Wish: dl only so many new messages instead of all

2006-11-05 Thread Peter Meyns
Hi all, I would like to be able to check for, say, the last 300 new messages on the server instead of *all*. Or those of the last x days. Background: I fired up Voyager today after a couple of weeks' rest, and, of course, upon + it began to download all messages on the servers, which is (at least