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List:       kmail-devel
Subject:    Re: Bug#35204: kmail keeps downloading old messages as new
From:       Michael =?iso-8859-1?q?H=E4ckel?= <haeckel () kde ! org>
Date:       2001-11-22 14:37:28
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On Thursday 22 November 2001 09:44, andrea.vicere@pi.infn.it wrote:
>
>  I am using kmail to access a POP2 server.
>  I have configured kmail to leave the messages on
> the server.
>  When checking for new messages, also the old ones
> are downloaded: in other words, kmail appears to
> download again, and mark as new, messages which
> had already been downloaded and saved in the inbox.
>  I have cross checked that when using netscape
> messenger the problem does not appear.

The most likely your server doesn't support the UIDL command.
If it works with Netscape, that only because Netcape uses the LAST command 
which has been removed from the POP3 standart in 1996 because it is 
unreliable. For example in the case the connection breaks while downloading, 
you loose mail.

Regards,
Michael Häckel
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