From: pooky on
Mike Echo <me(a)privacy.org> wrote in
news:MPG.26957002306f8779989695(a)news.eternal-september.org:

> In article <i0e3dc$g4g$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>,
> seabat(a)boardermail.com says...
>
>> I have Foxmail as an email client right now, which does a
decent
>> job, but does have a few quirks. Since Tencent has taken over
the
>> software I am getting a little nervous about the security and
>> development (so far non-existant) of the program. I have
>> installed T-Bird and decided it would be a decent replacement.
>>
>> What I love about Foxmail is the Remote feature that lets you
see
>> and delete messages on the server before you download them to
>> your PC. What I would like to know is if there is an add-on
for
>> T-Bird that would give me this function?? I tried searching
for
>> it, but don't have a clue what it would be called! Tried
'Remote'
>> - no joy! Any thoughts? Thanks.
>
> I use pop peeper (pop 3 email checker), which does that and
more.

Seconded.
From: David Catterall on
The Seabat wrote:

> What I love about Foxmail is the Remote feature that lets you see and
> delete messages on the server before you download them to your PC.
> What I would like to know is if there is an add-on for T-Bird that
> would give me this function??


Sb,

A little puzzled by your query. What is wrong with the possibilities
which exist under "Account Settings" -> "Server Settings" to tick
all 3 of:

Check for messages every x minutes
Automatically download new messages
Fetch Headers only

Cheers,
David