Subject: New mail not detected in POP3 mailbox

From: Simon Liddington <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2001 13:34:15 +0000 (GMT)

I am accessing my ISP account while at work but new mail is not
detected. I've tried ^L and everything but no luck. Restarting pine
works OK but then I have to retype my password :(

Anyone have any clues?

TIA,
Simon Liddington

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From: Scott Leibrand <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2001 07:05:36 -0800 (PST)

> works OK but then I have to retype my password :(

The only way to fix this is to use IMAP instead.  POP3 was not designed
for online access, so it has no method for telling Pine when new mail
arrives.

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From: Terry Gray <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2001 08:00:34 -0800 (Pacific Standard Time)

One wacky workaround that, while inelegant, avoids having to restart pine
and re-enter password:

 set inbox-path to a dummy local file
 add the real POP ISP to incoming folders list
 when Pine starts, from the (empty) dummy inbox, tab to the "real" inbox
 To check for new mail: Goto <RETURN>, then TAB again to re-open actual
    POP inbox

-teg

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From: Simon Liddington <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2001 16:37:27 +0000 (GMT)

> for online access, so it has no method for telling Pine when new mail

Hmm, I think I'll have trouble presuading virgin.net to give me IMAP.

If pine can see there is new mail on startup why can't it restart the
connection to see if there is new mail?

I think I'll use Terry Gray's idea for now, thanks Terry.

(Scott, sorry about the empty reply I sent you, I got my keys mixed up!).

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From: Simon Liddington <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2001 17:03:23 +0000 (GMT)

>  To check for new mail: Goto <RETURN>, then TAB again to re-open actual

Better still is TAB RETURN TAB with auto-open-next-unread set.

It's easier to type !! :)

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From: Bruce Cohen <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2001 18:17:36 +0100 (MET)

So why does my pine (3.96 and POP3!) notify me when I'm online - just as
it does on my other account (3.90 and IMAP)???? 

Bruce Cohen