Δημήτριος Καραπιπέρης wrote: > O/H Timo Sirainen έγραψε: >> On Fri, 2009-09-11 at 11:57 +0300, Δημήτριος Καραπιπέρης wrote: >> >>> I am missing something on the the pop3 "leave messages" rationale. >>> >>> Although the UIDL feature solves for the MUA the problem "whch mails >>> should be downloaded", >>> how the duration that these mails should be kept on server, say 10 >>> days for one MUA and 20 days for another MUA for the same account, is >>> resolved on the server? >>> >> >> I guess you could configure Dovecot to delete mails older than n days >> with expire plugin: http://wiki.dovecot.org/Plugins/Expire >> >> But I've no idea if it's really a good idea to do that. Some clients >> might freak out. Oh and expire plugin would delete messages regardless >> of whether client has ever even downloaded them. >> >> > Hi there > > Definitely imap4 is more sophisticated protocol offering many useful > features. By no means did I try to compare pop3 versus imap. > I am using imap , I have imap servers configured and I suggest to > everyone to use imap. > I just had this question regarding multiple MUA's configuration on the > option "leave messages on server" on the same account, and if there > was an option to cease the mess that different time period setting (on > DELE command) can cause.. >
No. Whichever deletes first deletes the message for good. ~Seth
