Re: [Fetchmail-users] fetchmail vs divecot server setup for pop3 and imap

[Ralph C. <ra...@in...>]

Hi Gene,

> > > fetchmail: POP3> DELE 9
> > > fetchmail: POP3< +OK Marked to be deleted.
> > > fetchmail: POP3> QUIT
> > > fetchmail: POP3< +OK Logging out, messages deleted.
> >
> > if their Dovecot claims the messages deleted and the same messages
> > remain, something needs fixing on their end.
>
> And their response has always been that they have clients using both
> interfaces who would be upset to discover that mail fetched by a
> mailfetcher and then deleted was missing when they next came in with a
> #$^(&%* browser.

Then move away from that #$^(&%* POP3 provider.  :-)

DELE is the mechanism POP3 provides to delete messages.  They have to
honour it.  With *every* other email provider I've heard about on lists,
etc., over the years, if the user wants to retrieve a *copy* of the
email and leave the original there for web-mail then they have to use
IMAP, not POP3.  That is a key difference between the user's choice.

So much of a key difference that some ISPs force users into POP3 so
their inbox storage can't grow over time.

Given what you now know, I'm not sure what you expect fetchmail to be
able to do when the ISP is violating the protocol.

-- 
Cheers, Ralph.