Re: [fetchmail-devel] Re: [fetchmail-users] Incorrect header line and lost mails

[Matthias A. <mat...@gm...>]

Frederic Marchal <fre...@wo...> writes:

> Here is a suspicious case from my log with the "keep" option active:
>
> Feb 20 17:36:26 localhost fetchmail[14623]: mise en sommeil à lun 20 fév
> 2006 17:36:26 CET
> Feb 20 17:41:26 localhost fetchmail[14623]: réveillé à lun 20 fév 2006
> 17:41:26 CET
> Feb 20 17:41:29 localhost fetchmail[14623]: 1353 messages (1353 déjà
> vus) pour xxx#yyy.be dans 192.168.100.1 (70802116 octets).

[...]

> Why is it reporting 1353 messages seen, then 1355 and then 1358 without
> downloading any mail ? I have no answer and I can't figure out why it
> would be related to my patch. Moreover, and this is related to the same
> problem, Fetchmail keeps downloading some e-mails two or three times or
> it delays some e-mails until it eventually download them. It looks like
> the UIDL management is seriously broken but it may be on my version
> only. I just have to find out...

Does fetchmail -vvv reveal any more detail? For instance, it would show
the UIDL lists, and some editing with cut, sort, a text editor and
finally the "comm" command might show what's really going on.

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Matthias Andree