[Evolution] POP3 not downloading all messages

Paul Harouff pharouff@comcast.net
Mon, 23 Aug 2004 22:56:54 -0500


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On Mon, 2004-08-23 at 22:43 -0500, Paul Harouff wrote:

> On Mon, 2004-08-23 at 10:52 +0800, Not Zed wrote:
> 
> > There are two alternatives:
> > 1. don't do this, but then you get duplicate downloads.  on a really
> > flakey connection you may never (in a practical sense) get all your
> > mail and get lots of duplicates.
> > 2. delete the old ones always.  this assumes we can trust the info,
> > otherwise you could remove non-duplicate mails.
> > 
> > I'm leaning toward 2, but it complicates the code a bit.
> > 
> 
> The only problem is it looks to me that these mails were never
> downloaded. Of the 22, I read three on the web which I want to save by
> downloading them and archiving. The others I never read.
> 


I should also mention that I am job hunting and some of these messages
were from head-hunters that I did not read for over a week because they
didn't download.

You should always default to being conservative. It's always safer to
get a duplicate e-mail than to lose a potential job opportunity.

I WOULD STOP USING EVOLUTION IF IT EVER STARTED AUTOMATICALLY DELETING
MESSAGES. I even check the Junk directory before deleting spam -- just
to be sure. Duplicate e-mails are a pain, but lost e-mails are worse.

Paul
Huntsville, AL

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On Mon, 2004-08-23 at 22:43 -0500, Paul Harouff wrote:<BR>
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    <FONT COLOR="#000000">On Mon, 2004-08-23 at 10:52 +0800, Not Zed wrote:</FONT><BR>
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        <FONT COLOR="#000000">There are two alternatives:</FONT><BR>
        <FONT COLOR="#000000">1. don't do this, but then you get duplicate downloads.&nbsp; on a really flakey connection you may never (in a practical sense) get all your mail and get lots of duplicates.</FONT><BR>
        <FONT COLOR="#000000">2. delete the old ones always.&nbsp; this assumes we can trust the info, otherwise you could remove non-duplicate mails.</FONT><BR>
        <BR>
        <FONT COLOR="#000000">I'm leaning toward 2, but it complicates the code a bit.</FONT><BR>
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    <FONT COLOR="#000000">The only problem is it looks to me that these mails were never downloaded. Of the 22, I read three on the web which I want to save by downloading them and archiving. The others I never read.</FONT><BR>
    <BR>
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I should also mention that I am job hunting and some of these messages were from head-hunters that I did not read for over a week because they didn't download.<BR>
<BR>
You should always default to being conservative. It's always safer to get a duplicate e-mail than to lose a potential job opportunity.<BR>
<BR>
I WOULD STOP USING EVOLUTION IF IT EVER STARTED AUTOMATICALLY DELETING MESSAGES. I even check the Junk directory before deleting spam -- just to be sure. Duplicate e-mails are a pain, but lost e-mails are worse.<BR>
<BR>
Paul<BR>
Huntsville, AL
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