--On Monday, September 08, 2003 13:08 -0400 Dan Kolis
<dank@hq.lindsayelec.com> wrote:
> 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.
EHLO? On POP3???
> 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.
One could certainly design a more extensive capabilities
mechanism for POP3, but that raises some other issues?
john