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diff --git a/doc/misc/ChangeLog b/doc/misc/ChangeLog index 3a3ed4623d1..12230bfb374 100644 --- a/doc/misc/ChangeLog +++ b/doc/misc/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,7 @@ +2013-03-07 Katsumi Yamaoka <yamaoka@jpl.org> + + * gnus-faq.texi (FAQ 3-11): Now Gnus supports POP3 UIDL. + 2013-03-06 Alan Mackenzie <acm@muc.de> * cc-mode.texi (Custom Line-Up): Clarify position of point on diff --git a/doc/misc/gnus-faq.texi b/doc/misc/gnus-faq.texi index ede957a5c35..cb900626670 100644 --- a/doc/misc/gnus-faq.texi +++ b/doc/misc/gnus-faq.texi @@ -705,32 +705,9 @@ retrieves via POP3? @subsubheading Answer -First of all, that's not the way POP3 is intended to work, -if you have the possibility, you should use the IMAP -Protocol if you want your messages to stay on the -server. Nevertheless there might be situations where you -need the feature, but sadly Gnus itself has no predefined -functionality to do so. - -However this is Gnus county so there are possibilities to -achieve what you want. The easiest way is to get an external -program which retrieves copies of the mail and stores them -on disk, so Gnus can read it from there. On Unix systems you -could use, e.g., fetchmail for this, on MS Windows you can use -Hamster, an excellent local news and mail server. - -The other solution would be, to replace the method Gnus -uses to get mail from POP3 servers by one which is capable -of leaving the mail on the server. If you use XEmacs, get -the package mail-lib, it includes an enhanced pop3.el, -look in the file, there's documentation on how to tell -Gnus to use it and not to delete the retrieved mail. For -GNU Emacs look for the file epop3.el which can do the same -(If you know the home of this file, please send me an -e-mail). You can also tell Gnus to use an external program -(e.g., fetchmail) to fetch your mail, see the info node -"Mail Source Specifiers" in the Gnus manual on how to do -it. +Yes, if the POP3 server supports the UIDL control (maybe almost servers +do it nowadays). To do that, add a @code{:leave VALUE} pair to each +POP3 mail source. See @pxref{Mail Source Specifiers} for VALUE. @node FAQ 4 - Reading messages @subsection Reading messages |