Re: [Fetchmail-users] incorrect message count

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

Am 25.11.20 um 13:14 schrieb rus...@gm...:
> 	fetchmail reports:
>
> 	fetchmail: reading message bil...@po...:5 of 5 (32117 octets) flushed
>
> 	mail returns:
>
> 	mailx version v14.9.19.  Type `?' for help
> 	/var/spool/mail/billybomb: 1 message 1 new
> 	>N  1 Kosair Charities               2020-11-24  432/31949 We're thankful for you
>
> 	I notice that the message has 5 instances of 'From ', but only
> 1 at the beginning of a line.  This is consistent with fetchmail
> counting all instances rather than just the ones at the beginning of a
> line.  This happens for most of my fetched messages.  On a subsequent
> mail spool file, the number corresponded to the instances of "From "
> and "From: ", but was case-sensitive.
>
> russell bell

Russell,

why do you believe it were fetchmail that is counting the 5 messages? Is
mail configured to show unread mail as well?

In fact it is your POP3 or IMAP server that counts messages, and
fetchmail asks it.

Please see https://www.fetchmail.info/fetchmail-FAQ.html#G3 for the
troubleshooting instructions and logs to provide.

Thank you.

Regards,
Matthias Andree