Re: Retrieving oversized messages

Charles Cazabon <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.mail.getmail.user
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Jason <[email protected]> wrote:
> When there is a message size limit set in the getmail configuration file, is
> there any way for getmail to retrieve at least the headers of the
> oversized message so one can see what it's about?

No, not at the moment.

> A related question is how can I delete the oversized message without
> retrieving it?

In general, it seems most people use a webmail interface to handle the case
you're describing.  While it would be possible to retrieve the message header
from some IMAP servers, I haven't implemented that -- it's of limited use and
has a bunch of associated issues.

Charles
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