Re: [fetchmail-users] fetchmail deletes imap messages

[Rob M. <rob...@gm...>]

On 10/12/06, longbow <lo...@gm...> wrote:
> hi all!
>
> i think i have a problem with my fetchmail (config). i use it to get all
> the email from my various accounts. in the .fetchmailrc in my home dir i
> put something like this:
>
> poll MAILSERVER   protocol IMAP   user "MAILBOXUSERNAME" password
> "THESECRET" is LOCALUSER  keep

Can we see the file (munge username and password)?  "Something like"
isn't good enough.

The output of "fetchmail --nosyslog -v -v" is also necessary and
"fetchmail --configdump" would help (remember to munge username and
password).

> this runs perfect expect that the fetchmail daemon is deleting the
> messages in the remote server's inbox. i read in the manual that
> deleteing is the default action and adding "keep" should keep the
> messages on the remote side. i tried it and fetchmail recognizes that
> the config has changed by diplaying this:

This isn't normal for the config you're talking about - I poll an IMAP
server with keep and it doesn't delete the messages.

The possibilities are that either you've not got a valid configuration
or the remote server is doing something it shouldn't.  The information
I've asked for will help identify which.

(Oh, and I'd suggest you read the FAQ, which details what you should
provide when reporting something you think is a bug).

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