Re: [Fetchmail-users] fetchmail expunge error

[Gene H. <ghe...@sh...>]

On Sunday 25 April 2021 13:24:06 Leslie Rhorer wrote:

> Hello everyone,
>
>      I have been using fetchmail for many years with no issues, across
> several ISPs.  A few days ago, however one of my users accounts quit
> working.  The issue, actually, was her client.  I had to delete and
> re-add her account in the client.  In the process, her password was
> changed, and then fetchmail could no longer download her mail.  A day
> later, my own account also quit working.  I called the ISP (AT&T) and
> they informed me users could no longer access mail from a client using
> their password. Instead, the user has to create a secure keyword.  I
> was also informed the old server (inbound.att.net) is no longer
> active. Instead, users must download from imap.mail.att.net.  The tech
> claimed POP3 downloads would still work, but I was not able to get
> fetchmail to login to the server with the POP3 protocol.  I would be
> interested to know if anyone is still able to login to the new server
> using the POP3 protocol.
>
>      In any case, I can now login using the IMAP protocol, but
> fetchmail can only download a single message at a time, producing a
> mail expunge mismatch error (0 actual != 1 expected) and exiting after
> each message. Eventually, it does manage to get all the messages, but
> typically only after a very long time, whenever several messages come
> in over a short time frame.  While not quite critical, this is
> definitely not good.
>
And ts not anything I have ever had a problem with.
From my .fetchmailrc:
=====================
defaults mda "/usr/bin/procmail -d me "
set postmaster "me"
set no bouncemail
set no spambounce
set daemon 120

poll	imap.shentel.net with proto imap
	user #######@shentel.net with password ########## is ######
	sslcertpath /etc/ssl/certs
	fetchall
	ssl
	pass8bits
	nokeep
=====================
My ISP, the local cable tv folks, who also supply my telephone but no tv 
as I have an off-air antenna, is actually running its mail server on a 
linux box, using dovecot.

And it Just Works.  Leaving nothing in my inbox at their server every 2 
minutes. 

Cheers, Gene Heskett
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