Subj : Re: Disappearing email
To   : comp.os.linux
From : Keith Andrew Parker
Date : Mon Oct 11 2004 12:17 pm


Yes, thanks. fetchmail was running. If you give
fetchmail the -k (--keep) parameter, it keeps rather
than deletes the mail it retrieves.

-- Keith

> Hello:
> 
> I have just installed SuSE 9.1 Linux (just the trial copy,
> not registered yet). Ninety percent of things seem to
> work but I have a strange email problem, namely, when
> email arrives in my INBOX (via IMAP4) it disappears
> after about two minutes! If I am quick, I can save the
> email from "destruction" but if I am not there, it is lost.
> This happens whether I use Mozilla Suite 1.7.3 or just
> via a web interface to my inbox (on a local ISP). I can
> literally watch the email vanish if I wait looking at the
> INBOX.
> 
> Is cron or similar setup to delete mail after reading it
> with POP3? Basically, I don't like POP3. I want to leave
> the mail on the server and access all my folders with
> IMAP4.
> 
> By the way, under Win2k, this problem does not
> happen.
> 
> I am a newbie at Linux, so please forgive me if the
> solution is obvious to this newsgroup's readers!
> 
> Thank you.
> 
> Keith
> 
> P.S.  Please email and post your replies.

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