[fetchmail]Re: Re: Connection timeouts and restarting...

[porkchop@optimist.hostomega.com]

I understand. I see that there are several flags one can set, plus custom flags, if the server supports it. Using Michelle's solution, what flag would be set?
-porkchop

On Mon, Jun 20, 2005 at 07:50:37PM +0100, Rob MacGregor wrote:
> On 20/06/05, porkchop@optimist.hostomega.com
> <porkchop@optimist.hostomega.com> wrote:
> > This status is just "read" or "unread" right?
> > This mailbox has been in use for over a year, I'm attempting to archive it all. All the mail in the mailbox already has the "read" flag. Unless you're talking about another flag I don't know about?
> 
> There are a number of IMAP flags (see
> http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc3501.html).  One of them is the delete
> state of the message.  Under IMAP a deleted message is only removed
> once an EXPUNGE command is issued.  This means that Michelle's
> approach is potentially risky - while fetchmail won't mark mail as
> deleted, the use of the expunge option means it will issue an expunge
> command, removing any mail already marked for deletion.