POP3 messages go poof with "download headers only"

[AmendConstitution_ArnoldForPresident]

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This happens to me with hotpop.com - rarely, inconsistently, but truly
devastatingly.

- OL 2003 SP2 / XP / T1 at office
- options for send/receive radiobuttoned to d/l headers only
- I start OL, hit F9
- I see 2 new messages
- I open one-at-a-time and mark for retrieval (alt-m)
- I hit F9
- The top message disappears before my eyes. The other remains, and
can be opened and read.
- The lost message is gone,gone. Not in trash, not at ISP. It's as
though I went "mark to delete" instead of "mark to download"

For what it's worth, it's never happened when there was only a single
new message; when there's two or more, one goes poof. NO ERROR MESSAGE
WHATSOEVER - which means if you blink you miss it. Literally. It's
quite an ethereal experience to witness it.

Again, it's intermittent and rare, and I haven't succeeded in making it
reproducible. Sound familiar to anyone?

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

What mail server software does hotpop use?

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All I know is from their website: "HotPOP uses proprietary software in
conjunction with powerful and reputable third party systems"

I've resumed normal full downloads since no one has any info on
this...but thank you for your interest.