In most mail clients you find an advanced setting "leave mail on server". I know in outlook it is.
normal pop3 protocol looks like this : (u can try this with a telnet session to pop3.server.host.com port 110.) --- telnet o pop3.server.host.com 110 USER [EMAIL PROTECTED] PASS your_password LIST or STAT - LIST will get you a list of all mail messages waiting to be collected - STAT will show you how many mails are waiting and makes a grand total in bytes RETR 1 - the command to doanload message #1 DELE 1 - if succesfully retrieved normally the message is deleted with this command RETR 2 DELE 2 .... QUIT --- With setting the "leave mail on server" setting the DELE .. command is not issued. I cannot make sense out of what you want exactly but a pop3 mailserver will send you ALWAYS all the messages it has to you. (Without deletion that is). Is this they way you want things to work? Greetings, Frederik Gallon -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- Van: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Verzonden: zondag 11 augustus 2002 2:47 Aan: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Onderwerp: [xmail] POP3 sv. IMAP4 Hello everybody!! :) Hope the summer was great for you all... I have been thinking about IMAP4 and the great functionallity about storing messages on the mailserver. Is this a function that exists in POP3 "in any way"..? I am no expert on the POP3 commands but have understood that some commands retrieve mails without removing them.. Does anyone know about a mailclient that works with POP3 in order to not delete messages on the server..? /Chotie - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe xmail" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For general help: send the line "help" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe xmail" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For general help: send the line "help" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
