From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.user/125 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Seth Delackner Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.user Subject: Re: Close, but not complete, POP3 solutions for gnus Date: Sat, 23 Mar 2002 07:01:46 GMT Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1138667224 5736 80.91.229.2 (31 Jan 2006 00:27:04 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2006 00:27:04 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: nobody Tue Jan 17 17:27:07 2006 Original-Path: quimby.gnus.org!uio.no!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed1.cidera.com!Cidera!cyclone1.gnilink.net!spamfinder.gnilink.net!nwrddc02.gnilink.net.POSTED!53ab2750!not-for-mail Original-Sender: seth@LAIN Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.gnus User-Agent: Gnus/5.0808 (Gnus v5.8.8) XEmacs/21.4 (Common Lisp (Windows [1])) Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 141.155.129.135 Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@verizon.net Original-X-Trace: nwrddc02.gnilink.net 1016866906 141.155.129.135 (Sat, 23 Mar 2002 02:01:46 EST) Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 23 Mar 2002 02:01:46 EST Original-Xref: bridgekeeper.physik.uni-ulm.de gnus-emacs-gnus:265 Original-Lines: 27 X-Gnus-Article-Number: 265 Tue Jan 17 17:27:07 2006 Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.user:125 Archived-At: Garglemonster writes: > >>>>> "Seth" == Seth Delackner writes: > Seth> and I don't think fetchmail has a way to delete messages > Seth> from the server after you locally delete them. > > i'm a little confused by what you've written here, but fetchmail -k > keeps the mail on the server and fetchmail -F flushes it, i.e., > deletes all previously fetched mail. i would think that it would be > possible to coordinate local mail and pop server mail through > judicious use of these arguments. I knew that wasn't well worded as soon as I hit C-c C-c. My work pop3 server has email that I never want to delete. It is also reliably backed up. My local machine is barely backed up at all. So when I fetch pop3, I want to get all new messages and then leave everything 'archive quality' in the server. This means everything that is not random banter stays. Fetchmail is all or nothing, other apps allow you to just delete the junk you only wanted to read and then discard. > the problem i have with fetchmail is more political: it's esr-ware. > gun-toting anarcho-capitalists? no thanks. Not going to jump into THAT snake pit. You do realize though that you are reading this using Emacs, a program that was built with the love of "anarcho-capitalist" hands, right? (Well, from your perspective, worse! They want EVERYTHING to be free, whereas the Open Source people just want everything that touches their golden fingers.)