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List:       kmail-devel
Subject:    Re: "Leave on server" option
From:       Stefan Taferner <taferner () salzburg ! co ! at>
Date:       2000-04-06 6:13:52
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On Wed, 05 Apr 2000, Don Sanders wrote:
> I think it's always worked, you have to make sure retrieve all messages is
> unchecked.
>
> But I really recommend using the experimental pop account if you're leaving
> mail on the server, as
> A) It uses UIDLs so it can quickly skip over messages already seen, much
> more quickly than the old pop account.

That's the point people criticised: in the old pop code all messages were
loaded again when you have retrieve-all set. But usually this combination
(leave-on-server & retrieve-all) should do the right thing ;-)

> B) Retrieves mail in the background, which is a huge improvement.
>

--Stefan

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