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Re: Background mail transfers



Barry Samuels writes:
> ...if I disconnect from my ISP without thinking I can cut a mail download
> off in mid-stream.

This should not cause any problems as fetchmail will not tell the server to
delete the message until it has received the whole thing and successfully
delivered it.  Truncated messages will be fetched again at the next
opportunity.

> I have half an e-mail to prove it.

Was it delivered to the user at your end?  Was it deleted from the server?
If so, you've found a bug.
-- 
John Hasler
john@dhh.gt.org
Dancing Horse Hill
Elmwood, Wisconsin



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