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List:       sylpheed
Subject:    [sylpheed:21631] Re: Desparately need "Delete on server"
From:       Wouter Van Hemel <wouter () pair ! com>
Date:       2003-09-24 1:30:32
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On Tue, 23 Sep 2003, Godwin Stewart wrote:

> And Thus Spake Wouter Van Hemel <wouter@pair.com> (on Tue, 23 Sep 2003
> 12:05:25 +0200 (CEST)):
>
> > And how will you find where the header stops and the body begins without
> > downloading the whole email?
>
> TOP m n
>
> Downloads the header plus the first "n" lines of mail number m.
>
> Therefore, "TOP 1 0" downloads just the headers of the first mail in the
> mbox file.
>

Doh... ;)

Ok, I have to take back some of my words and say that pop3 has little
functionality to manage a remote inbox. But I still advise to look at imap
if you (OP) want full control over remote mailboxes.


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