John K said: >I am pretty sure Vint knows what the protocol says. So, >certainly, do I. >In the real world, several ISPs have insisted that their servers >provide an implicit DELE after messages have been successfully >downloaded and the connection closed. If leaving the mail on >the server (not DELEting them until you tell it to) is >important, you could, of course, choose an ISP that doesn't do >that automatic/ implicit delete. But, because there are ISPs >that do the automatic delete, Shelby's claim (as I understand >it) that his system will work with any POP3 mailbox and server >is not quite correct. > john Dan says: Another way to do this is via EHLO and then your client would have to subscribe to the "feature" of some timed self delete or you would be denied access totally. This would make sure the user is given a heads up on the whole thing. This would be super clean. Your program (in your national language) warns you the server is going to enforce some message removal method. With the excellent thinking in the development of these... I'm surprised that's not how it works. regs, Dan