Re: asmail

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Hi, folks!

> > Well, IMAP is quite popular with me :) There is an inherent
> > problem with the protocol though. If I am logged in to the
> > IMAP server (like running my mail program), I cannot login
> > the second time - it will say "the mailbox is already subscribed
> > to" or something like that, meaning you already watch INBOX.
> > That's a problem I cannot circumvent. If anybody knows how
> > it can be configured away, let me know.
>
> Well, POP3 won't allow two instances of the same login at once either. This
> creates race conditions between all biffs like asmail and the mailers, but I
> guess that's unavoidable...

Ok, I found that IMAP allows polling of the mailbox in a read-only
mode without kicking out the existing connections (read RFC).
So, for IMAP it is not a problem anymore - no race conditions
between the mail client and asmail.

For POP3, it seems, there isn't such an option. So we are stuck
with the race condition there.

Tigr

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