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Make fetchmail leave mail on server for a specified period of time?

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http://unix.stackexchange.com – I know that fetchmail can be configured to leave mail on the server (usually done with the keep uidl keyword combination), but is there a way to configure it to leave mail on the server for a specified period of time? For example, suppose I want messages to remain on the server for 48 hours, and then be deleted on the next fetchmail invocation against that server. I am mostly interested in solutions that work with POP3. (HowTos)

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Submitted by missing on 09/26/2012

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