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Re: is there newsgroup for linux-il ?
Hi, guy keren!
On Fri, Jan 07, 2000 at 01:36:51AM +0200, you wrote the following:
> > as far as I know pop3 support it as well..
> > an not sure how much of the header it gives you if only the subject
> > from/time
> > or all of it..
>
> just out of curiousity, i went to read the RFC, and they describe the
> 'TOP' command (which gives the full headers plus 0 or more of the body),
> as an optional command. a simple test shows that qpopper supports it.
>
> however, when one intends to use a client that relies on an optional
> protocol feature, one should check that their servers of choice support
> this option properly.
Actually, TOP is considered to be pretty standard among POP
servers. fetchmail uses it instead of RETR if you're not using the
keep or fetchall options.
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