On Wed, 18 May 2011 14:53:40 +0100, Jon Dowland wrote: > On Wed, May 18, 2011 at 10:31:27AM +0000, Camaleón wrote: >> This is mostly a technical mailing list and the above definitions do >> not have to entirely fit with the ones used to define a standard >> protocol¹. Meaning, in plain English yes, "download" is a very generic >> term covering many situations. >> >> But you seem to forgot the context here, that is POP3, and when it >> comes to POP3 the "download" verb is closely linked to "fetch and >> remove" which is the default operation any MUA does when you setup a >> POP3 account. > > Well... I disagree. When you download from a website, you don't expect > the thing you are downloading to be removed from the web server.
Because http is not pop3. Different protocols, different behaviour and not relevant for this case. > Same for usenet messages. I tend to take expectations from one context > to another. Bad approach, imo. Every context has its own rules and what works for one does not have to necessarily work for the other. > The verb I associate with the common activity of download-and-remove > for POP is "fetch". That's okay, but not for me (so I noted), at least not "technically speaking" in this context where pop3, due to its own nature, inherits by default a "download/fetch/get/retrieve and delete" action ;-) Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/pan.2011.05.18.14.24...@gmail.com
