[Dovecot] questions/problems virtual plugin pop3 leave copies on the server for x days then delete / tbs Popstate.dat

Robert Schetterer robert at schetterer.org
Thu Mar 17 01:07:11 EET 2011


Am 16.03.2011 23:52, schrieb Robert Schetterer:
> Am 16.03.2011 22:59, schrieb Robert Schetterer:
>> Am 16.03.2011 20:56, schrieb Robert Schetterer:
>>> I wonder how POP3 clients would even know how long the mail has been in
>>>> server..
>>
>> here it is for tb
>>
>> http://kb.mozillazine.org/Popstate.dat
>>
>>
> 
> ok , i tested a little
> the popstate.dat files stores what to do
> with pop3 mail identified by UIDL
> 
> this tb function looks good on both servers
> 
> if i.e a mail was deleted from local inbox
> it gets declared something like
> d uidl
> in the popstate.dat
> 
> the difference between the servers is
> that in the server without virtual plugin the mail gets in deed deleted
> at pop3 reconnect
> 
> sending
> pop3(... at ....): expunge: box=INBOX, uid=172,
> msgid=<4D813935.9070606 at ....>, size=1836
> 
> with my virtual plugin setup it isnt deleted
> cant see any expunge with this tb account
> 
> miracle i can see onther account ( think he has old netscape )
> which sends expunge over pop3
> 

checked this with outlook 2010 too
it doesnt work either, see no expunge in log

so the virtual plugin or my setup within simply broke this pop3 features
-- 
Best Regards

MfG Robert Schetterer

Germany/Munich/Bavaria


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