Re: Email client programs

[Alvin Oga <aoga@ns.Linux-Consulting.com>]

hi ya curtis

On Tue, 27 Jan 2004, Curtis Vaughan wrote:

> I know this is not a windows list and I have never yet asked a question 
> like this on here before, but perhaps there is someone who knows the 
> answer to this question.
> 
> Because our vessels have to get mail over lines that are rather shaky, 
> we would like them to pull mail in a way whereby once they've received 
> a message it is considered downloaded.  Earlier we were using ccMail 
> (Lotus) which did just that.  But now we had them switch over to 
> Outlook Express. In the case of Outlook Express,  however, let's say 
> they received 3 letters and then the line broke.  Well, when they 
> reconnect they would have to get those 3 letters again, prior to going 
> on and getting the rest.  Maybe this is just the way POP3 works.  Or is 
> there a mail client program that acts otherwise?  i.e., Mozilla, etc.?

tell your "client" app to use secure imap instead of  pop3 
	- most client apps support imap vs pop3

c ya
alvin