Re: Sylpheed Claws - Gmail pop3 acces problem

From: Peter T. Breuer (ptb_at_oboe.it.uc3m.es)
Date: 06/23/05 

Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2005 18:34:42 +0200

Yvan@office <me@privacy.net> wrote:
> Nedavno "Peter T. Breuer" <ptb@oboe.it.uc3m.es> pise:
>
> | > | Surely gmail communicates with you via POP3, so the mail client is
> | > | irrelevant .. it's the POP client that is of interest.
> | >
> | > Gmail support responded that they are not able to test gmail with
> | > every existing mail client, and they did not mention that they are
> | > aware of any similar problem. That's why I asked my question here.
> |
> | That's irrelevant to my comment.
>
> OK. I do not speak English very well. What is the difference between
> mail client and POP client?

As much difference as there is between sexshop client and barbershop
client.

The two are different things. They talk different languages (in
general). What you really mean is some sort of gui that does both (and
more) protocols. That's not very usual - only netscape/mozilla etc that
I know of do it, but then I use elm, which only does files. I have
heard that pine can do pop and/or imap, but I don't know.

Usually a POP client is used to transfer the mail to your local system,
where it is stored locally. Then a mail client (or mail user agent, to
give it its proper name) reads the mail and allows you to manipulate it.

An alternative is to use an IMAP client, which talks to an IMAP server,
and which can manipulate the mail remotely. Your MUA may or may not
have IMAP capabilities.

> | > No. I gmail offers 2GB mailbox, and mine is half full. If I want to
> | > check if some other mail client would work well (as was suggested in
> | > post I was replying to) I would have to download all my mail.
> |
> | No you wouldn't. Where does your logic come from?
> |
> | Just try a different POP client.
>
> Again what is the difference between mail client and POP client?

As much difference as between a prostitute's client and a bank's
client.

> | Or IMAP client - how would I know whether they use POP or IMAP at
> | gmail?
>
> It's in subject of this post - gmail uses POP.

Oh, I see! Apologies. I don't see the subject as I pass from post to
post. Please put pertinent info inside (the subject is like a newspaper
headline - the story must hold up on its own; check how your newspaper
does it).

> | Read the manpage of whatever you use to remove your
> | misconceptions (first). With fetchmail you would use -k to KEEP your
> | mail on the server.
>
> Let me try to explain my problem a little bit better. I do not want to
> keep my mail on gmail servers.

Then don't. So what are you worried about? Fetch it over with
fetchmail.

> What I want is to get all five mails on my PC, and leave none on gmail
> servers.

Then do so. Try a different pop client. Why do I have to repeat myself?
It's not a brain bender!

Peter

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