On Sun, 29 Jun 2008 17:42:28 +1200 cr <cr@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > So if there are say 100 messages, and it drops after 90, then when I > redial, 'Check Mail' has no effect. And if I close Kmail, then > restart it, it will start downloading all 100 messages all over > again, and if the modem drops again then this can go on for ever.... > > Is there any way to get Kmail to delete each message off the ISP's > server as soon as it is downloaded? Fetchmail has an option: -e <count> | --expunge <count> Arrange for deletions to be made final after a given number of messages. Under POP2 or POP3, fetchmail cannot make deletions final without sending QUIT and ending the session -- with this option on, fetchmail will break a long mail retrieval session into multiple sub-sessions, sending QUIT after each sub-session. This is a good defense against line drops on POP3 servers. ... What you might do is replace your kmail pop account with a local account (spool-file) and have kmail run fetchmail as the pre-command. ___________________________________________________ This message is from the kde mailing list. Account management: https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde. Archives: http://lists.kde.org/. More info: http://www.kde.org/faq.html.