Re: [fetchmail-users] fetchmail continuously fetching already fetched imap email

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

On 9/10/07, Lee Hinman <mat...@gm...> wrote:
>
> I see that the -a option is why it is downloading all the old
> messages, however, if I get an email on a different machine (a Windows
> machine) and I read it, fetchmail doesn't download it for some reason.

Ah, now you're getting into territory fetchmail is not designed to handle.

> It only downloads the "unseen" messages. What I would like is to
> download any message that *this* computer hasn't seen, even the ones
> I've already read on my Windows machines.
>
> Is there a way to accomplish this?

No, because right now there is no client side tracking of IMAP emails
(only POP).  If your provider supports POP (with UIDL) then you can
use that as your solution, but there isn't any way to achieve this
with IMAP.

Alternatively, use the fact that you're downloading the emails with
fetchmail and run a local IMAP server, pointing your Windows client at
it.

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