Re: mailing list vs "the futur"
On Wednesday 29 August 2018 06:05:52 Dan Purgert wrote:
> Gene Heskett wrote:
> > On Wednesday 29 August 2018 03:33:16 tomas@tuxteam.de wrote:
> > [...] But because 99% of my ISP's users use IMAP, my ISP has
> > disabled fetchmails ability to delete a successfully pulled email, I
> > still need to log in daily [...]
> >
> > So I'm an obnoxious old fart, show me an even better way, if you
> > can. Computers are supposed to do work FOR the user, not the other
> > way around by creating circuitous ways past the ticket taker.
>
> Sounds a bit odd, since fetchmail can (apparently) be configured to
> tell the other end to delete the mails it pulls.
>
> Alternately, do they provide pop3 access?
Yes, but fetchmails delete is ignored, so I have to keep the email
cleaned out with a web browser,
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Cheers, Gene Heskett
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