curl-library
RE: Enhancing POP3 to support extra commands
Date: Tue, 6 Dec 2011 22:40:44 +0000
Hi Dan,
> > > I would imagine you'd use -Q to do a full series of commands at once
> > > while connected. Like issuing a series of deletes or so.
> >
> > Okay - I'll leave that for a follow up patch as surely the URL would
> > need to change for each message to delete ?
>
> Commands specified with -Q are orthogonal (mostly) to the URL. The
> URL specifies the file to download or upload, but the quote commands
> can specify just about anything. To delete a message, you wouldn't do
> -Q DELE but rather -Q 'DELE 5', giving the entire command.
Many thanks for the clarity but does that mean you could do:
-Q 'DELE 5 6 7 8' to delete message 5, 6, 7 and 8 with a URL of
pop3://mail.domain.com/5 ?
Cheers
Steve
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Received on 2011-12-06