Hi Dan, > How are these computers connecting to the mailserver? If it's IMAP, the > client and server will resync when the client connects ... so if your > oldPC last sync'd a month ago, it'll take it a while to validate what > it's supposed to do with the (now deleted) messages that it still sees > as 'new' since the last time you sync'd. > it is POP3.
> Note that some mail clients don't always play nice with the IMAP updates > (I'm lookin' at you K9 Mail), so they leave messages "unread" even > though they've been read on another device. > > If it's POP ... there could be other things going on, since it's pretty > much designed to only pull new messages. > > Sounds like kmail may not be configured to tell the server to delete the > mails when you've deleted them from within the program (or, it only > sends the purge command on user request). This means you delete them > from the kmail view, but when mutt queries the server, they're still > there. Hmm, strange. This should be. When I look at the mailserver via webinterface, all downloaded mails are gone. (or may only invisible), Best Hans
