On Mon, 2003-11-03 at 19:06, Pigeon wrote: > On Mon, Nov 03, 2003 at 05:38:44AM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: > > On Sun, 2003-11-02 at 16:36, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > > > Is there a POP3 mail fetcher that wouldn't download messages twice > > > when the POP3 connection may sometimes stall (so that the messages > > > couldn't be deleted from the server)? > > > > > > If there is such a fetcher written in Perl based on Mail::POP3Client, > > > this would be a good solution. > > > > Have you tried fetchmail? The messages in /var/log/mail.log seem > > to indicate that it deletes each mail after a successful fetch. > > By default it doesn't delete them until you hang up; a connection > failing may not be the equivalent of a proper hangup. You could try > fetchmail -e 1 so it only fetches 1 email at a time then QUITs then > goes back for the next one... but this is slow and nasty, see the man > page.
But it sure is secure. Btw, is your ppp connection that bad that it can't stay up for 5 minutes? -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Ron Johnson, Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Jefferson, LA USA "As the night fall does not come at once, neither does oppression. It is in such twilight that we must all be aware of change in the air - however slight - lest we become unwitting victims of the darkness." Justice William O. Douglas -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
