POP3 and selective download/deletion

Dino Levy dino_levy at mindlessSPAM.com
Sat Apr 5 10:52:44 EST 2003


On Sat, 05 Apr 2003 17:43:45 +0200, Robert Pluim wrote:

>> Unfortunately the POP3 protocol doesn't allow you download the headers
>> of a message without downloading the whole thing. IMAP4 is much more
>> capable, but it's also a very much more complex protocol.
> 
> Que?  You've never heard of the TOP command?

Hehe, I heard of it, but it doesn't help much in this case. Steve thank
you for your link, I'll certainly find something useful there...
Does anyone have another idea?




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