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From: Tom Samplonius <tom@haven.uniserve.com>
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: Re: Any luck with popper problems?
Date: Thu, 9 Feb 1995 22:08:55 -0800
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On 8 Feb 1995, Kenneth Furge wrote:

> I have noticed a few postings lately concerning problems
> with popper properly disposing of deleted mail.  I seem
> to have the same problem.  When I exit my mail reader,
> a copy of all of my mail gets appended to the original
> mail file.  This results in an exponental growth of
> mail.  If anyone has solved this problem, please email
> me and I will post the solution for everyone else.

  - Get the newest version of qpopper
  - Use a separate spool direcotry that is mode 1777

Tom