On Thu, 02 Jun 2011 14:21:47 -0400, Celejar wrote: > On Wed, 18 May 2011 18:27:29 +0000 (UTC) Camaleón <noela...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > ... > >> Next time you need to configure a POP3 account tell me if you leave >> enable the "keep a copy in the server" setting. It's not the default, >> it never has been in any MUA, or not in any I'm aware of. I don't think >> how is that so hard to understand. > > Getmail defaults to not deleting messages that it has retrieved via any > protocol, including POP. From its documentation: > > "delete (boolean) — if set, getmail will delete messages after > retrieving and successfully delivering them. If unset, getmail will > leave messages on the server after retrieving them. Default: False." > > Admittedly, it's an MDA rather than an MUA.
In addition of being an MDA it's also an exception ;-) And admittely, in such programs (like Getmail or Fetchmail) it is very useful to have the "keep" option while configuring the application so you don't delete e-mails unless you are sure they're well routed locally and messages reach their inboxes. >> Of course, there are also fetchmail and getmail for that task and you >> can instruct both applications to keep a copy in the server. > > No need to instruct getmail to do so, it's the default, as above. I have > to manually invoke it with the '-d' flag, or use the 'delete' keyword in > the config files, to get deletion. As I said before, it's understandable that the default setting is "keep" in such programs to avoid missing e-mails while testing. 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.2011.06.03.12.02...@gmail.com
