Re: Re: Some newbie issues/questions

On Fri, 7 Mar 2003 02:02:30 +0700
Syafril Hermansyah <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Thu, 6 Mar 2003 13:05:02 -0500 Peter Davis (PD) wrote:
> 
> > > See Tools|Selective Download (shortcut Alt-S).
> > 
> > This is certainly interesting, though not exactly what I had in mind. 
> > I was hoping for a way to download everything, and then automatically
> > delete messages from the server if I delete them locally.  
> 
> Hmm..sounds like OE features when leave message on server

Eudora and Mozilla both have this also (and I've implemented it with Perl scripts for Gnus, mutt, etc.)

> 
> > Still, I'll  play around with this and see if it can server my
> > purpose.
> 
> You may set filter for selective download though.
> 
> I myself use simple rule when using Dial Up connection from home, I made
> size restriction for 50K only (IOW only message less than 50k will
> download), after that use selective download to look the rest.

The problem is not downloading.  I have high-speed connections at home and at work.  I just don't need to see the same spam messages twice.  If I "peek" at my home mail while in the office, I want to be able to delete messages both locally and from the POP3 server.

Thanks,

-pd

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