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Re: pop3 config question to avoid duplicate messages



Will Maier wrote:
On Sat, Jul 30, 2005 at 09:20:56AM -0400, Laran Evans wrote:

The thing is, I don't want my MDA to even download duplicates. If I had 100
messages in my inbox (which I don't thankfully) it would be silly to download
them all every time and then sort them out locally.


This is, as far as I know, technically infeasible. How can you track duplicates
without comparing messages? To compare messages, you need to actually have
access to them. AIUI, this requires (under POP) downloading the message in its
entirety. The solution I use might make more sense; let me describe it below.

Is it possible to:
1/. poll the pop server
2/. distinguish new from previously downloaded messages
3/. download only new messages

???

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- Laran Evans