in reply to Checking for New Email

The problem is that I'm checking the email on the same server (thru a web based client).

tachyon's solution seems cool, but isn't there a special function or something more accurate?

Thanks,
Ralph.

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Re: Re: Checking for New Email
by traveler (Parson) on Nov 21, 2001 at 01:17 UTC
    The real "problem" is that POP3 as described in RFC 1725 does not have a way of telling a client how many messages are "new". In fact, there is no notion of "newness" at all. That is why you need a solution like tachyon's.

    HTH, --traveler

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