Re: fetchmail can't delete a fetched email

On Thursday 29 November 2018 13:04:03 Matthias Andree wrote:

> Am 29.11.18 um 16:08 schrieb Gene Heskett:
> > Greetins all;
> >
> > My isp seems to handle a request into its mailserver, which I
> > believe is dovecot, in pop3 mode, by disabling fetchmails
> > housekeeping cleanup of successfully fetched emails, so in a days
> > time I have seen 450+ emails pile up, the I have to log into that
> > same server with a browser and the browser can then delete these
> > msgs 100 at a time.
> >
> > Is there a keyword stronger than "no-keep" that can override its
> > inability to expunge read messages by using the same expunge method
> > a browser uses?
>
> Well, we need to establish what's causing it. POP3 does not require
> some kind of expiration or expunging, it's just that if you delete
> messages and then close the session properly, the messages are
> supposed to be gone. I know some servers ignore such requests, for
> instance, Google.
>
> There are options in fetchmail that can limit how many messages it
> fetches (and hence, without keep, deletes) in one run, but the best
> thing is to look at the logs... the usual recommendations are at
> <http://www.fetchmail.info/fetchmail-FAQ.html#G3>.
>
These "missfires" do not show in the fetchmail logs. The server just 
silently ignores them, but a web browser can clean house just fine.
I'm just wondering if fetchmail has some sort of a method to spoof itself 
as a browser for the delete command.

Thanks Matthias Andree.

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