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Re: pop3 config question to avoid duplicate messages



On Fri, Jul 29, 2005 at 02:42:10PM -0600, Charles Cazabon wrote:
> Laran Evans <lc278@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > I'm using pop3 to get mail. I'd like to keep copies on the server.
> > I would also like to avoid pulling down duplicate messages. Is there a 
> > way to do this, perhaps using message ids or something?
> 
> getmail can do this.  Many mutt users prefer to use an external mail retrieval
> agent, rather than the built-in POP3 code.

Yep, works great. And, I have getmail leave messages on the server for
30 days so if there should be a problem with my local machine, I still
have the last 30 days worth still on the external server.