Re: POP3 mail fetcher that supports unreliable connections?

From: Hoyt Bailey (hoyt13_at_wiredok.com)
Date: 11/03/03

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Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2003 09:26:26 -0600

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    From: "Ron Johnson" <ron.l.johnson@cox.net>
    To: "Debian-User" <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
    Sent: Monday, November 03, 2003 05:38
    Subject: Re: POP3 mail fetcher that supports unreliable connections?

    > On Sun, 2003-11-02 at 16:36, Vincent Lefevre wrote:
    > > Is there a POP3 mail fetcher that wouldn't download messages twice
    > > when the POP3 connection may sometimes stall (so that the messages
    > > couldn't be deleted from the server)?
    > >
    > > If there is such a fetcher written in Perl based on Mail::POP3Client,
    > > this would be a good solution.
    >
    > Have you tried fetchmail? The messages in /var/log/mail.log seem
    > to indicate that it deletes each mail after a successful fetch.
    >
    > --
    > -----------------------------------------------------------------
    > Ron Johnson, Jr. ron.l.johnson@cox.net
    > Jefferson, LA USA
    >
    > After listening to many White House, Pentagon & CENTCOM briefings
    > in both Gulf Wars, it is my firm belief that most "senior
    > correspondents" either have serious agendas that don't get shaken
    > by facts, or are dumb as dog feces.
    >
    Have you considered that both are likely true.
    Hoyt 

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