Hello Jonathan, Thursday, December 19, 2002, 5:42:36 PM, you wrote:
JA> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- JA> Hash: SHA1 JA> On Monday, December 16, 2002, Peter Palmreuther wrote... >> The trouble the OP might "be run into" will likely be: the >> POP3-server does not generate the same UID for the same message >> every time. This is a known, but not wide spread problem which can >> only be fixed on server side. JA> Technically this isn't a 'problem'... well... it is a problem in JA> respect to downloading mail, as you get duplicates, however it isn't a JA> problem in respect to what is defined as the rules for the protocol. JA> ,----- [ UIDL ] JA> | While it is generally preferable for server implementations to store JA> | arbitrarily assigned unique-ids in the maildrop, this specification is JA> | intended to permit unique-ids to be calculated as a hash of the JA> | message. Clients should be able to handle a situation where two JA> | identical copies of a message in a maildrop have the same unique-id. JA> `----- JA> By definition of the RFCs [1], I don't think UIDL is even a required JA> command based on the "minimum" list of commands, and "additional" JA> commands they provide. JA> [1] http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1939.txt JA> - -- JA> Jonathan Angliss JA> ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) JA> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- JA> iQA/AwUBPgJLYSuD6BT4/R9zEQIu5QCglHEUR/+2+rMR5JUt+AIh7cCMqMMAniN8 JA> GBfD2Ocl8n+bHNE2bkdsec+k JA> =XL/g JA> -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- JA> ________________________________________________ JA> Current version is 1.62 | "Using TBUDL" information: JA> http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html Clearly, though, they state that it is preferable this be handled via server, though a client should be able to "handle" identical copies with the same unique-id [oxymoron there, huh?]. While these are, truly, listed as "optional", this makes for some pretty strange science in any situation where mail is left on the server. I know *I'm* tired of hitting the "Kill Dupes" button! ;-) -- Best regards, Craftsman mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ________________________________________________ Current version is 1.62 | "Using TBUDL" information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
