[Evolution] What Do I Do Now (was POP3 not downloading all messages)

Paul Harouff pharouff@comcast.net
Mon, 23 Aug 2004 22:59:41 -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.


Sorry, I should get all my thoughts completed before pressing send.

Now that we know the possible cause, what do I do now. The messages are
stuck on the server and I want to get them downloaded.

Paul

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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>
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Sorry, I should get all my thoughts completed before pressing send.<BR>
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Now that we know the possible cause, what do I do now. The messages are stuck on the server and I want to get them downloaded.<BR>
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Paul
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