Re: POP3 "resume download" extension

Alexey Melnikov <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.ietf.pop3ext
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Anders Rundegren wrote:
> 
> I've had some thoughts about an extension to POP3 that will let you
> resume a download of an interrupted transfer. These days people tend to
> send each other messages with large attachment, 2-3Mb is not that
> uncommon. Many clients connecting to their ISP, or even the ISP itself,
> have their modems improperly setup which causes a flaky phoneline,
> resulting in a premature disconnect.
...

I understand the reasons for proposing such extension, but the
functionality is already in IMAP4 protocol. My question is : do you want
to make IMAP4 from POP3?

Alexey
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