Re: [boost] Email message "flag"?

From: Ihsan Ali Al Darhi (iad929_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-10-13 08:18:57

This is not the approperiae list to discuss this stuff.

Mohammed
----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert Dalan" <r-dalan_at_[hidden]>
To: "Boost mailing list" <boost_at_[hidden]>
Sent: Friday, October 18, 2002 6:33 PM
Subject: [boost] Email message "flag"?

> First I have to state that I'm new to programming in C/C++ so please
> understand if my questions may be somewhat difficult to understand. I'm
> trying to write a program (email client) that will do the following:
>
> 1. The User Interface will present options to decide which messages he/she
> wants to download(Read, Unread, All and so on).
> 2. Establish a connection to a pop-server (Modem, LAN or DSL)
> 3. Retrieve the messages determined by the options selected
> 4. Choose if he/she should stay connected with the pop server or close
down
> after retrieval
>
> Can anyone help explain what kind of "flags" the program needs to read on
> the pop servers messages so that the appropriate messages will be
> downloaded? When I say "flags" I mean that a message must have some sort
of
> "mark" put on it on the pop server when a user has read it or am I wrong?
Is
> it the email client that keep this information?
>
> How do I establish the connection? Is there a simple, straightforward
> solution?
>
> Regards
>
> Robert Dalan
>
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