Date: Tue, 27 Oct 1998 17:41:05 +1100 (EST) From: Rowan Crowe <rowan@sensation.net.au> To: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Expiring old mail? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.01.9810271737360.16126-100000@velvet.sensation.net.au> In-Reply-To: <3727.909469498@gjp.erols.com>
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On Tue, 27 Oct 1998, Gary Palmer wrote:
> Rowan Crowe wrote in message ID
> <Pine.BSF.4.01.9810271609110.15586-100000@velvet.sensation.net.au>:
> > The only thing I've found wrong with cucipop so far is that it doesn't
> > support the LAST command, which appears to be actually part of the POP3
> > spec. This is a bit of a surprise, since the rest of the man page mentions
> > that certain commands will "break the spec" and tends to sound very
> > careful about that kind of thing. Anyone know why LAST isn't implemented?
>
> RFC1939 (the ``standard'' for POP3) doesn't mention the LAST command, which
> makes me wonder what clients use it and how badly things break.
Very odd. I obviously don't have the latest RFC, however, RFC 1460 (June
1993) clearly lists LAST as part of the specification.
LAST
Arguments: none
Restrictions: may only be issued in the TRANSACTION state.
Discussion:
The POP3 server issues a positive response with a line
containing the highest message number which accessed.
Zero is returned in case no message in the maildrop has
been accessed during previous transactions. A client
may thereafter infer that messages, if any, numbered
greater than the response to the LAST command are
messages not yet accessed by the client.
Possible Response:
+OK nn
I guess it's for mail clients that are too lazy to keep lastread pointers.
:)
(I had a report from 2 users when I switched POP3 servers - one of them
was running Eudora and it was easily fixed with a minor configuration
change at their end).
Cheers.
--
Rowan Crowe Sensation Internet Services, Melbourne Aust
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