Thanks for helping..  :)

I guess what i am trying to do is to make POP3 account to work like an IMAP4
account... With all messages on the server and all...

/Chotie

>
> 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
>
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