Re: Close, but not complete, POP3 solutions for gnus

[Garglemonster <garglemonster@my-deja.com>]

>>>>> "Seth" == Seth Delackner <seth@jtan.com> writes:

    Seth> Thierry Vignaud <tvignaud@mandrakesoft.com> writes:
    >> Peter Davis <pd@world.std.com> writes:
    >> 
    >> > I would love to be able to use gnus as my mail reader, but I
    >> can't.  > Basically, I'm using two POP3 servers, one for work,
    >> and one for home.
    Seth> [...]
  
  >> why do you want to reinvent the wheel ?  just use fetchmail to
    >> fetch mail, configure it to keep mail on one site and delete
    >> them and the other one.

    Seth> Sorry to jump in here, but there are many reasons to avoid
    Seth> fetchmail when you want to leave messages on the server.
    Seth> For instance, how exactly are you supposed to delete
    Seth> messages after you've deleted them from you inbox?  You mail
    Seth> client now thinks that it is reading mail from a local
    Seth> spool, 

it is reading mail from the local spool.

    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.  

the problem i have with fetchmail is more political: it's esr-ware.
gun-toting anarcho-capitalists?  no thanks.

ciao,

g.m.


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