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List:       getmail
Subject:    Re: What happens in case of delivery error?
From:       Andrei Popescu <andreimpopescu () gmail ! com>
Date:       2007-01-06 19:10:07
Message-ID: 20070106211007.25683dea () think ! homenet
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On Sat, 6 Jan 2007 12:32:49 -0600
"Jody J. Hietpas" <jodyh@iname.com> wrote:

> On Sat, Jan 06, 2007 at 09:53:35AM -0600, Charles Cazabon wrote:
> > 
> > But, as I said, you're using Gmail.  For whatever reason, they've
> > decided that as soon as one POP client has issued the RETR command
> > for that message, they delete the message from the POP view of your
> > mailstore -- neither getmail nor any other POP client can ever know
> > that message exists any more, let alone retrieve it.  It's in the
> > Gmail FAQ/documentation; to the best of my knowledge, there's
> > nothing you can do about it.
> > 
> > Yes, this is completely broken.  I'd suggest complaining bitterly
> > to the Gmail folks, or not using their service.
> 
> That behavior is configurable.  From gmail, go to Settings,
> Forwarding and POP tab, there is a setting:
> 
> 2. When messages are accessed with POP 
> 	- and a dropdown to tell you what to do with it.  I don't
> know what the default is, but I have mine set to "archive Gmail's
> copy".  The other choices are "keep Gmail's copy in Inbox" and
> "delete Gmail's copy".

I just changed from "delete" to "keep in inbox", but the behaviour is
mostly the same. They won't let you download it a second time (the
read_all option in my getmailrc is at default setting).

> I've been using getmail to POP from Gmail for a while now.  Most of
> my mail doesn't come through there, but I haven't had problems with
> it.  I set up my getmailrc using someone else's suggestions on this
> list, but I can post mine if anyone needs it.
> 
> If you lost anything and it ended up in your Trash folder, you may be
> able to move it back to the Inbox and give getmail another try at
> retrieving it.

Already tried that, doesn't work.

Regards,
Andrei
-- 
If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough.
(Albert Einstein)

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