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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!news.bekkers.com.au!usenet From: Jan Hurst <jhurst@bekkers.com.au> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc Subject: Re: **** BSD/OS 2.0.1 and Netscape 2.0.1 possible mail loss **** Date: Thu, 25 Jul 1996 09:49:57 +0800 Organization: Bekkers Communications Australia Lines: 26 Message-ID: <31F6D2C4.707C@bekkers.com.au> References: <4slfd3$tqo@cisu2.jsc.nasa.gov> Reply-To: jhurst@elmer.bekkers.com.au NNTP-Posting-Host: jan.bekkers.com.au Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0b5 (Win95; I) Walter B Kulecz PhD wrote: > > While evaluating the winNT 4.0beta2 I ran the windows 95 version of Netscape > 2.0.1. It appeared to do http just fine. > > I decided to try the pop mail feature of Netscape. I configured for "leave > mail on server" and pointed it at my Linux box, got error message saying > "This pop server doesn't support XXXX (don't remember) needed for leave mail > option". > > Having used BSD/OS 2.0.1 and the distributed pop server with Eudora, I assumed > it supported this command since Eudora left the mail OK. I got the same error > message after pointing Netscape at my BSD/OS popper, unfortunately it seems to > have deleted *all* the mail in the inbox while downloading *nothing* > > This is a potential data destroying bug if repeatable or in other pop servers > under BSD/OS. Hi, I think this was due to netscrape supporting some weird protocol/standard (proposed by Mickeysoft?) to leave mail on the server. I think the standard/protocol was dropped and netscape has since also dropped it (?) Jan