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In article <19960318.57D120.F0C7@ai195.du.pipex.com>, m.hendry@dial.pipex.com (Mathew Hendry) writes:
> 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?
> : >: >>

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> 
> 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.

What it sounds like this person wants is to use IMAP to access his mailbox.
With IMAP, you can leave all your mail on the server and only download which
messages you want. You can even download a message without the attachments (if
there are any).

The only Amiga mail clients I know of that support IMAP is Pine (and a
yet-to-be-released program called Spruce).
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