Re: Retrieve all messages from AOL

Compilebunny <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > What you should do is set max_messages_per_session to something reasonable
[...]
> This seems to improve the situation for retrieving inbox.

Good.

> Can you recommend an approach to retrieving the sent mail box (the other
> folder with thousands of messages)?

You're using POP3.  There is no such thing as "another mailbox" or "another
folder" in POP3.  Your MUA logs into a POP3 server with its credentials, and
there is a single, non-hierarchical namespace (unnamed - "non-namespace"?)
containing messages.  There is no concept of folders at all.

If your provider gives you separate folders you can retrieve from, you can
either use IMAP to retrieve them (as it natively supports folders), or perhaps
your provider gives some nonstandard way of accessing other folders, such as
you configuring your MUA to use the username "<username>-<foldername>" or
something like that.  Consult the documentation provided by your mail provider
for details.

Charles
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