[sylpheed:30013] Re: "Don't Receive" does receive

[Hiroyuki Yamamoto]

Hello,

On Fri, 8 Sep 2006 12:05:13 +1000
Jack Olszewski <jacek at hermes.net.au> wrote:

> On Fri, 8 Sep 2006 10:41:29 +0900
> Hiroyuki Yamamoto <hiro-y at kcn.ne.jp> wrote:
> 
> HY> ... 
> HY> UIDL just returns each message IDs on the server, not the headers.
> HY> 
> 
> You are right. In POP3, the command to get headers without the message
> body is TOP. It makes it possible to filter out messages on conditions
> concerning headers only, without retrieval of message bodies.

But it generates extra traffic if the message requires retrieval after
TOP.

> By the way, the "Don't receive" action seems to make it impossible to
> remove the "unreceived" messages from the server ever. Even if one
> changes the condition into "Delete from server", they seem to be stuck
> there - neither retrieved nor removed afterwards.

"Delete from sever" is actually equivalent to "Don't receive and delete
from server".

-- 
Hiroyuki Yamamoto <hiro-y at kcn.ne.jp>