Re: [Fetchmail-users] I see a lot of "client/server synchronization error while fetching from..."

[Carlos E. R. <rob...@te...>]

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On Monday, 2017-07-31 at 22:38 +0200, Matthias Andree wrote:

> Am 28.07.2017 um 19:29 schrieb Carlos E. R.:
>>
>> I rather suspect the ISP. They have been doing things.
>>
>> Another error I see is that now and then ALL email disappears from the
>> Thunderbird inbox, me doing nothing. Suddenly, the inbox is empty. If I
>> run fetchmail it also finds nothing.
>>
>> So I send an email to that account, the mail appears after a minute, and
>> suddenly, the rest of the inbox reappears, perhaps 300 mails.
>
> Eww. That does not look very trustworthy. There be bugs, and dragons.

Indeed!

Well, the sync error has cleared, but the disappearing act not.

That server has worked well for several years, but...

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Cheers,
        Carlos E. R.
        (from 42.2 x86_64 "Malachite" at Telcontar)

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