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Re: [fetchmail]pop3 problem

2004-04-29 03:22:55
On Thu, Apr 29, 2004 at 01:24:28PM +0400, Valery V. Bobrov wrote:
Fetchmail conf file is
server 194.105.193.50 proto pop3 no dns
envelope X-Real-To:
localdomains kalina.ru
user "info(_at_)kalina(_dot_)ru"
password "xxxx"
What kind of mistake did I make?

Try adding "uidl" to your options.

Fetchmail by default uses the obsolete pop3 "last" command if it is
available (a decision which I think is no longer justified, but that's a
different issue) - and your server does have it. See below.

If the server's LAST command says that the first 5 messages in the mailbox
have been read already, then fetchmail will skip them.

Setting "uidl" will force fetchmail not to use LAST but the more modern UIDL
command; fetchmail will keep its own list of which messages have been seen
or not seen already (in the .fetchids file)

As an alternative, you could use the 'fetchall' option to download all
messages in the mailbox, regardless of whether they are seen or unseen.

Regards,

Brian.

$ telnet 194.105.193.50 110
Trying 194.105.193.50...
Connected to mail.leivo.ru.
Escape character is '^]'.
+OK CommuniGate Pro POP3 Server 4.1.8 ready 
<167606(_dot_)1083233717(_at_)leivo(_dot_)ru>
capa
+OK capability list follows
SASL LOGIN PLAIN CRAM-MD5 DIGEST-MD5 MSN
STLS
TOP
USER
PIPELINING
UIDL
LAST
IMPLEMENTATION CommuniGatePro
.
quit
+OK CommuniGate Pro POP3 Server connection closed


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