On 10/18/2015 6:44 PM, Brian Barker <b.m.bar...@btinternet.com> wrote: > At 15:27 17/10/2015 -0700, James E. Lang wrote: >> POP3 is a protocol that downloads the messages to you without >> leaving a copy on the server.
> What gives you this mistaken impression? It isn't mistaken, it is fact. Yes, the POP3 protocol was later amended to provide for optional capabilities like leaving messages on the server, and most clients have such options, but this is error-prone, and some servers do not honor what you tell them (ie, gmail)... I have many times seen servers/clients 'forget' what messages they have already downloaded, and someone will start downloading the last 5 years of their emails all over again... -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
