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RE: "Sendmail Problem"(How??)

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Anthony E. Greene)
Thu Oct 15 18:11:34 1998

From: "Anthony E. Greene" <agreene@pobox.com>
To: redhat-list@redhat.com
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1998 20:19:50 +0200
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On Thu, 15 Oct 1998, Soffen, Matthew wrote:
>Actually, if I am not mistaken, the way it tells that a message has been
>read is by inserting a
>specific code into the mail messages (to indicate status).

The POP3 server does that when it completes an RETR command for that
message. There is no POP3 command that allows the client to write to the
mailbox.

Some mail clients also keep local databases that track POP3 mailbox
status. Eudora comes to mind.

--
Anthony E. Greene <agreene@pobox.com>
Homepage & PGP Key <http://www.pobox.com/~agreene/>


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