Re: POP3 mail fetcher that supports unreliable connections?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ron Johnson" <ron.l.johnson@cox.net>
To: "Debian-User" <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
Sent: Monday, November 03, 2003 05:38
Subject: Re: POP3 mail fetcher that supports unreliable connections?
> On Sun, 2003-11-02 at 16:36, Vincent Lefevre wrote:
> > Is there a POP3 mail fetcher that wouldn't download messages twice
> > when the POP3 connection may sometimes stall (so that the messages
> > couldn't be deleted from the server)?
> >
> > If there is such a fetcher written in Perl based on Mail::POP3Client,
> > this would be a good solution.
>
> Have you tried fetchmail? The messages in /var/log/mail.log seem
> to indicate that it deletes each mail after a successful fetch.
>
> --
> -----------------------------------------------------------------
> Ron Johnson, Jr. ron.l.johnson@cox.net
> Jefferson, LA USA
>
> After listening to many White House, Pentagon & CENTCOM briefings
> in both Gulf Wars, it is my firm belief that most "senior
> correspondents" either have serious agendas that don't get shaken
> by facts, or are dumb as dog feces.
>
Have you considered that both are likely true.
Hoyt
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