Hi,

Since a couple of days I'm trying to configure a way of popping mails from a mailbox. When looking at the code of MailFolder, I'm wondering if the getNewMessages() method is supposed to work.

First of all there is an interesting comment: "This does not seem to be the most reliable new msg check"

MailFolder.java: public Message[] getNewMessages()
 /* This does not seem to be the most reliable new msg check. This should
 probably be unread msgs with the msgs marked as read on successful
 delivery.
 */
 if (folder.hasNewMessages() {
 ...
 }

According to the JavaDoc of POP3Folder.hasNewMessages(), the method always returns false.

POP3Folder.hasNewMessages()
 Always returns false; the POP3 protocol provides no way to determine when a new message arrives.

I would be pleased if someone could indicate if this has been solved in the mean time :o)

Regards, Stefan Lecho.