[imp] POP3 server support read vs unread messages

Andy Smith a.smith at ukgrid.net
Wed Mar 31 19:43:40 UTC 2010


Hmm, ok thanks. Our current veryyy old webmail platform does show  
unread mails when using POP3, not exactly sure how. Anyway, if modern  
webmail platforms don´t try to support POP3 (due to its limitations)  
then I guess Ill have to look at using an IMAP based solution...

thanks Andy.

> POP3 as Webmail Backend is a "hack". There is no such thing like   
> read/unread or the like in POP3 protocol and implementing it at IMP   
> side would be a PITA i guess, so your option is to use IMAP or loose  
>  features.
>
> Regards
>
> Andreas


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