Re: need pop3 mail client that leaves mail on server
On Mon, 5 Oct 1998, Ed Cogburn wrote:
> Richard E. Hawkins Esq. wrote:
> >
> > I have managed to get my low-speed ppp connection (about 6k max)
> > running. The connection itself is stable, but text sessions are not;
> > they seem to hang. So netscape and ftp (other than to the ppp host)
> > work, but xterm, rsh, etc. do not. IRC in the client is stable, but
> > running it in a window on the host hangs.
> >
> > The host is also my regular machine, where my mail lives.
> >
> > I need to get at my mail, without transferring it all (the digests
> > would take several minutes, and several of my mailing list I only read
> > small parts of.
> >
> > So what I need is something that will get at my mail on the host, while
> > running on the laptop/client, but leave the mail on the host,
> > transferring only the subject/author unless i choose to read a message.
> >
> > It would be even nicer if it could use the folders and .maildelivery
> > from exmh, but i can live with everything living in inbox
> >
> > rick
> >
> > --
> >
>
>
> FWIW: fetchmail is a pop3 client that can download from the isp
> without deleting. It has an option to control that behavior.
Also it does not have the capability to transfer just the subject/author,
but it can be set to limit the maximum message size transferred, which
would probably be helpful with a slow connection.
Bob
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