Re: POP: getting/viewing non-read mails only

[Norman Palardy <npalardy@great-white-software.com>]

On 30-Aug-08, at 12:24 AM, osb@btcl.net.bd wrote:

> Hello,
>
> (I posted this mail yesterday, but in the following digests I could  
> not
> see it. I apologize if it turns up twice).
>
> using the POPsocket, is it possible to get/view non-read or last- 
> arrived
> mails only?
You keep track of which ones you've read already

> For instance, suppose a mailbox already contains 500 mails, and  
> today 4
> new mails arrive. How to get only the last 4 mails without having  
> to go
> thru all the 504 mails comparing their dates?
You can't

> I thought of looking at the message-IDs, and get only the 4 mails  
> with the
> highest IDs. Is this approch reliable?
Not necessarily
Just keep a list of ID"S that you have read already


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