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Re: [cobalt-developers] Limiting Qpopper to a single message at a time
- Subject: Re: [cobalt-developers] Limiting Qpopper to a single message at a time
- From: "Steve Werby" <steve-lists@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed May 1 23:36:16 2002
- List-id: Discussion Forum for developers on Sun Cobalt Networks products <cobalt-developers.list.cobalt.com>
"John JAYTEE Tompkins" <jaytee@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I am using numerous computers to check an email account on a RAQ3.
> Each terminal then processes the email(s) it receives. The problem is that
> ALL email in the spool file at that moment goes to which ever client
checks
> it.
Set your email client program to leave the email on the server. Then it can
be accessed by any machine logging in to grab the spool.
> I want to be able to limit qpopper to ONLY dispatch ONE message at a
> time so as the other email clients can in turn get one message each,
thereby
> distributing the load.
I don't think this is possible. And I can't envision why you'd want a
user's email to be divided up across several machines. Can you share why
you want to do this?
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