Disappearing email

From: Keith Andrew Parker (kparker_at_kos.net)
Date: 10/02/04

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    Date: Fri, 01 Oct 2004 18:59:55 -0400
To:  kparker@kos.net

    Hello:

    I have just installed SuSE 9.1 Linux (just the trial copy,
    not registered yet). Ninety percent of things seem to
    work but I have a strange email problem, namely, when
    email arrives in my INBOX (via IMAP4) it disappears
    after about two minutes! If I am quick, I can save the
    email from "destruction" but if I am not there, it is lost.
    This happens whether I use Mozilla Suite 1.7.3 or just
    via a web interface to my inbox (on a local ISP). I can
    literally watch the email vanish if I wait looking at the
    INBOX.

    Is cron or similar setup to delete mail after reading it
    with POP3? Basically, I don't like POP3. I want to leave
    the mail on the server and access all my folders with
    IMAP4.

    By the way, under Win2k, this problem does not
    happen.

    I am a newbie at Linux, so please forgive me if the
    solution is obvious to this newsgroup's readers!

    Thank you.

    Keith

    P.S. Please email and post your replies.

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