Need Email Software Advice

bad_andy · 12-30-2004, 07:35 AM

I'm looking for an email program that will allow me to delete certain messages from the server but store others. Thunderbird proved unsuccessful because it failed to read ANY emails from one of the ISPs I use, and for the life of me, I can't figure out how to fix it.

As far as I know, Evolution doesn't allow you to selectively delete email from the server. Are there any other programs out there that I can try, or does anyone have a suggestion on how I can better manage my email with what I have?

Thanks.

tlowk · 12-30-2004, 03:09 PM

First of all you need to known what protocol you are using pop3 or imap?

For pop3 you can only delete a message when you are downloading it, because you need
to have some Id when you want to delete it.

With imap4 you delete at any moment, so if your provider offers both, this is the way
to go even with thunderbird.

I haven't seen a client that can delete selective with pop3, in general they have a
flag to delete after reading a message from the server.

Regards

Tlowk

bad_andy · 12-30-2004, 03:15 PM

I'm talking POP3.

In my old Win***s environment, I could set Outlook Express to delete messages from the server once they were deleted from the inbox.

I'm pretty sure that Thunderbird has a similar setting, but for some reason, it doesn't retrieve any email from my ISP's mail server so I can't use it.

tlowk · 12-30-2004, 03:44 PM

I just checked it for thunderbird (version 0.9 (20041103)) with Pop3

account settings / server settings /
checkbox 'Leave Messages on server'
checkbox 'Until I delete or move them from Inbox'

This is probably what you are looking for

Regards,

Tlowk

bad_andy · 12-30-2004, 03:49 PM

Yes, I know that Thunderbird can do it, but Thunderbird is not an option for me. It doesn't read messages off my ISP's email server for some reason. So, I'm looking for alternatives...

tlowk · 12-30-2004, 04:05 PM

I check mutt but it doesn't give you the option.

maybe you could try to find the problem with thunderbird by
looking to the network

as root use
tcpdump -i eth0 -X tcp port pop3

this way you will see the communication, and maybe a message
that describes the problem.

bad_andy · 12-30-2004, 09:05 PM

Thanks tlowk. When I run that command, I get a bunch of numbers and some gibberish, but in between the gibberish are some apparent "authentication errors." What I want to do now is reset the passwords of the accounts that are failing, but Thunderbird seems to remember them even if I delete the accounts and reenter them.

How do I reset account passwords in Thunderbird?

wipe · 12-30-2004, 11:10 PM

Tools / Options... / Advanced / Passwords and Security / Manage Stored Passwords. Then select the site and click Remove.

I have Thunderbird 0.7.3 (20040803), don't know whether the user interface has changed.

Simon