Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/09/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]From: Jean-Claude Berger <jcberger@jcberger.com> Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 1999 22:59 Subject: RE: [Leica] Expensive Anthony (and others). > No, POP3 doesn't allow that. Yes, it does. You can list only the first lines of a message and read the headers, even in the standard POP3. Then you can delete the message, if you wish. If the server supports XTND, it's even easier. > So client applications adopt a conservative postion > by downloading the whole message before discarding it. > Give it a try. I just did. My server supports it. I can't find any specific option to take advantage of this in Outlook Express, now that I look, but that's an Outlook Express problem, not a problem with the protocol. > BTW Anthony, could you please consult the archives before > asking questions that have been discussed so often here (holes > in shutter, what is a CLA, street shooting,...) I prefer to ask them here. -- Anthony