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On Mon, Jun 02, 2008 at 04:59:39PM +0100, Neil Winchurst wrote: > I have recently started receiving my emails for this list via a new > server. This time I have set it up using IMAP instead of POP3. One > difference between POP3 and IMAP is that, with IMAP, downloaded emails > stay on the server until manually removed. > > I receive the emails OK and I can send them, but they do not stay on the > server. Other emails which I download to my computer via this same > server do stay on the server. (I look upon this a a sort of backup.) > > Is the list set up to remove downloaded emails from the server even when > using IMAP? Or am I missing something somewhere? The list can't remove mail from your server; once an email is sent, it's sent, and there's no way for a sending server to unsend it, or do anything else to it. It's either your server or your client that is misconfigured. Ben
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