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Eric D. Jackson (ejack@user1.channel1.com) wrote:
: 
: >Eric D. Jackson (ejack@user1.channel1.com) wrote:
: >:
: >: >In article <338.6649T637T1145@academy.bastad.se>,
: >: >Sten <sten@academy.bastad.se> wrote:
: >: >>In a message 15-Mar-96 04:23:33 about Amiga Mail Clients - Leave Mail
: >: >>Properly? Sean Watts wrote:
: >: >>
: >: >>>Is there _any_ mail reader on the amiga that implements an option to
: >: >>>leave mail on the server properly? That is, only downloads it once,
: >: >>>rather than over and over?
: >: >>
: >: >>Yes, Thor does. It deletes the messages from the server after DL
: >:
: >: >Hmm, as I understood his question, he wanted to leave the mail on the
: >: >server but have the reader recognize that it had downloaded it once and
: >: >not do so again.  Eudora for the ibmpc world does this, but I'm not aware
: >: >of any Amiga mail reader which does.
: >:
: >: As someone else already said, Thor can be configured to delete your mail
: >: from the server so that you don't download it twice.
: 
: >That is not what he asked for. He wants the mail left on the server, not
: >deleted.
: 
: Thor can be configured to leave the mail on the server, too, I think. I just
: didn't  get the part that he had to leave it there. I thought he just didn't
: want to download it again, as he said "over and over." I guess the question
: is does he really want to leave it there or does he just not want to download
: it twice. He actually said both.

He wants to leave it on the server _and_ not have to repeatedly download it.
This implies that the software used to download the mail must remember which
posts have already been downloaded. I don't think Thor supports this.

-- Mat.