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Re: How to retrieve the list of emails

Subject:Re: How to retrieve the list of emails
Posted by:"Remy Lebeau (TeamB)" (no.spam@no.spam.com)
Date:Sat, 3 Mar 2007 23:15:49

"dpap" <dpap@softwaypro.gr> wrote in message
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> how can i retrieve the list of emails from the POP3
> server without the attachement

Use TIdPOP3.RetrieveHeader() instead of TIdPOP3.Retrieve()

> I need this because i want to know if i want or not to receive the
> attachment (some of them have big size).

There is no way in the POP3 protocol to detect wheter a message has an
attachment or not.  Looking at the headers alone is not enough.  You
have to actually downloafing the full message in order to check its
contents.


Gambit.

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