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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    AW: kioslaves/pop3
From:       "F. Gassauer" <f.gassauer () aon ! at>
Date:       1999-09-24 6:49:03
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Hi
first - why not using fetchmail - which works fine as you mentioned - with a
K-interface ???
second - what I am realy looking for is a GUI/K interface to procmail !!
cu
ferdinand

> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: Don Sanders [mailto:dsanders@cch.com.au]
> Gesendet am: Freitag, 24. September 1999 02:24
> An: kde-devel@kde.org
> Betreff: kioslaves/pop3
>
> I've begun thinking about improving kmail pop3 support.
> (Currently I'm working
> on several other kmail things (QListVIew conversion/Nested
> Folders/Efficiency & Responsiveness/Deuglification/AddressBook,
> commits are
> imminent) at the moment and it won't be until the end of October
> that I can
> really get stuck into this, but I don't want to head down the
> wrong path here).
>
> Currently at home I use fetchmail to fetch my mail which works great, two
> improvements are needed before I would use kmail for downloading
> mail from a
> pop server.
>
> 1) Downloading of messages in the background (in a seperate process).
> 2) Keeping a list of downloaded messages so kmail can efficiently
> determine
> which messages on the server are new (like fetchmail).
>
> Will the kdebase/kioslave/pop3.* code help me out here. I've been
> perusing the
> interface but I can't see how it will.
>
> Actually I'm pretty cluessless about this, so before I start forking
> processes and dealing with IPC, I'm interested in any feedback.
>
> BFN,
> Don.
>
>

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