What mail client are you using? My people use Thunderbird, it keeps track of the emails that it has downloaded and doesn't download again... I had this problems years ago with earlier versions, but only at random and on different clients and at different time, it was unrepeatable.. John On 2/19/2010 2:23 PM, chloe K wrote: > Thank you for your helping > > but why user keeps downloading mails what he downloaded before? > > I check the mail client setting and it works fine > > If it is not server control, any hints about this problem > > Thank you > > > > --- On Fri, 2/19/10, Les Mikesell<lesmikesell at gmail.com> wrote: > > >> From: Les Mikesell<lesmikesell at gmail.com> >> Subject: Re: [CentOS] mail issue help and need good mail server >> To: centos at centos.org >> Received: Friday, February 19, 2010, 1:43 PM >> On 2/19/2010 12:26 PM, chloe K >> wrote: >> >>> Hi >>> >>> What mail server can prevent incoming mail to repeat >>> >> downloading to the mail client? >> >> It is usually up to the client what they want to download, >> how many >> times they do it (a user may have different clients and may >> reconfigure >> them to drop and re-add an account, etc.), and when they >> delete from the >> server. I'd be surprised if any servers strictly >> limit repeat >> downloads. On the other hand, any sensible mail >> client will track the >> messages it already has and not download them again. >> If something is >> doing it repeatedly it is probably broken. >> >> -- >> Les Mikesell >> lesmikesell at gmail.com >> >> _______________________________________________ >> CentOS mailing list >> CentOS at centos.org >> http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >> >> > > __________________________________________________________________ > Make your browsing faster, safer, and easier with the new Internet Explorer® 8. Optimized for Yahoo! Get it Now for Free! at http://downloads.yahoo.com/ca/internetexplorer/ > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > >