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RBH
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 Posted: Tue Feb 10, 2009 10:31 am Post subject: POP3 via Telnet |
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Morning all.
I'm trying to work with a POP3 server over telnet to get the number of unread messages in my inbox. Getting the entire list is no problem, but I can't find a way to return only the ones marked as unread (or a count of them). Can anyone suggest anything? Many thanks. |
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alex.blackbit
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AFAIK POP3 does not have such a feature.
mail clients that fetch mails from a pop3 server tell you which emails you have already read of the already fetched mails.
IMAP knows about such things. |
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RBH
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| alex.blackbit wrote: | AFAIK POP3 does not have such a feature.
mail clients that fetch mails from a pop3 server tell you which emails you have already read of the already fetched mails.
IMAP knows about such things. |
I was a little afraid you might say that. Thanks for confirming it though  |
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