Re: [Fetchmail-users] incorrect message count

[Ralph C. <ra...@in...>]

Hi russell,

> > In fact it is your POP3 or IMAP server that counts messages, and
> > fetchmail asks it.
>
> Okay.  I'm surprised that gmail doesn't get it right.

I think you're missing the probably problem.

- Gmail correctly tells fetchmail there are five messages when it asks
  over POP3 or IMAP.
- Gmail passes each of those five to fetchmail as it asks for them.
- fetchmail has probably been told to store all five in a single mbox
  file, of which there are several various formats.
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mbox
- Whatever is reading the mbox file, e.g. mail(1), is not seeing five
  emails and instead is treating some emails as part of an earlier one.
- Examining the mbox file and comparing it against the documented format
  and the emails mail(1) presents might help spot the cause.

-- 
Cheers, Ralph.