Re: [Fetchmail-users] Retrieving read messages from IMAP server

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

On Sat, Jul 19, 2014 at 6:46 PM, Jerry <je...@se...> wrote:
> I am probably doing something really stupid here, but I am not sure what.

What version (number) of fetchmail and what operating system are you using?

> I have fetchmail set up to retrieve mail from an IMAP account I have. Now,
> this IMAP account is also accessed from my laptop computer when I am
> traveling. If I retrieve a message directly from the IMAP account onto my
> laptop, fetchmail will no longer download it onto my work station computer.
> However, if fetchmail downloads the email first, it is still available for
> download onto my laptop. I hope this all makes sense.

Have you confirmed that the (unspecified) program on your laptop is
really using IMAP and leaving the messages behind? It sounds more
likely that it's either using POP3 or it's deleting them.

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