Hi Peter, On Sunday, December 1, 2002 at 17:58:12 [GMT +0100], you wrote: LG>> This should more or less automate deleting downloaded mail from the LG>> server.
PP> No. Sadly it wont. The "Delete from server" would issue the 'DELE' PP> command, but if his line is dropped after 20 minutes the POP3 PP> session is shut down improperly and the server therefore ignores all PP> DELE commands. Yes, it will. If a filter is set to delete messages from the server, it will only do so during the next mail check after the filter was triggered (I just tested this, just to be sure). If I understand Thomas correctly, his line isn't dropped every time he fetches his mail. So the deletion would eventually take place without user intervention. PP> RFC states DELE should be _real_ executed (on servers PP> side) after QUIT was submitted, because before a client could still PP> send 'RSET' which (a.o.) 'undeletes'. OK, I knew that already. But I assumed that -- having downloaded most of the mails already -- Thomas' connection wouldn't reach the 20 minutes limit during a subsequent mail check and therefore *would* delete the messages when the connection is closed correctly. -- Regards, Lars The Bat! 1.62 Beta/17 on Windows XP 5.1 Build 2600 ________________________________________________ Current version is 1.61 | "Using TBUDL" information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
