[Dovecot] POP3 only - why is cur/ growing?

[Wally Winchester]

On Thu, 5 Jan 2006 15:19:52 +0100, "Lorens"
<dovecot.fdop at tagged.lorens.org> said:
> On Thu, Jan 05, 2006 at 05:57:07AM -0800, Wally Winchester wrote:
> > Hi,
> > I use Sarge's dovecot for a pop3 mail collection server. IMAP is not
> > used at all. It works well, but I would like to know why one of the
> > accounts also keeps a copy of all e-mail copies in the cur/ folder?
> 
> Because the MUA popping the mail is configured to "leave
> messages on server". Sometimes it's called "Keep unread messages
> on server" or variations on the theme. It's usually configured
> in the same place on the MUA as the username and password for
> the account.
> 
> If the answer only creates more questions for you, you'll
> probably find lots of information on  search engine now that
> you have some decent keywords to use :-)
> 
> HANY everybody
> 


You were all right - the mua was configured to leave mail on the server.
*sigh*

Thanks!
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