DON’T DELETE THIS MESSAGE — FOLDER INTERNAL DATA
Wednesday, May 16th, 2007Yes, you can delete this message. This message is generated every time you use the webmail interface. Some technical information:
Webmail uses a protocol called IMAP to retrieve mail. Your Eudora, Outlook, etc. program at home is using POP3 to retrieve mail. The little postman working with IMAP generates that message everytime you go to webmail if it doesn\’t see it there, because it thinks it needs it. The little postman working for POP3 sees that email and thinks it\’s new mail so it download it. Get it? It\’s easy… every time you take that message away with POP3, the IMAP guy puts it back. Nothing we can do about this, we didn\’t invent the protocols.
Solution 1: Don\’t worry about it and delete it every time you see it.
Solution 2: If it really bothers you, 1. Stop using webmail. Not recommended if you are using the spam filters.
2. Setup your software at home to retrieve mail via IMAP instead of POP3
I personally use Solution 1.