KMail re-downloads POP3 emails that are supposed to be deleted

[Kai Bojens]

> Am 11.04.2025 um 20:10 schrieb Jörg Schaible <joerg.schaible at gmx.de>:

> Well, since you said you're using POP3, so I ask myself, how can you ever re-
> download emails? This is not how the POP3 protocol works. 

No, this is exactly how POP3 works. The client can ask the server to delete the mails after the download, but it doesn’t have to. You can of course download a copy and keep them for a specified time on the server. 
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