[Alpine-info] "Leave mail on server"?

[Eduardo Chappa]

On Wed, 18 Aug 2010, David Morris wrote:


:) > Alpine does not delete the message as a result of retrieving it, it 

:) > is the server that unilaterally does. Unfortunately, Alpine does not 

:) > cache the message either, so using Alpine with that Pop server is a 

:) > bad combination.

:) 

:) Speaking in general, it is a common feature of other POP3 UAs that the 

:) mail can be left on the server. 


No matter which program you use, the Gmail pop3 server will remove the 
message from the server once it is retrieved. This has nothing to do with 
Alpine. Alpine leaves messages in the server, the server is the one 
deleting them.

-- 
Eduardo
http://staff.washington.edu/chappa/alpine/