Rob MacGregor schrieb:
On Sat, 05 Mar 2005 19:02:44 +0100, Christian Uebber
<briefkasten(_at_)uebber(_dot_)de> wrote:
UIDL shoudn't be needed for imap, since imap implements server side
tracking of seen states.
Should have remembered that.
However, that probably means that the problem is with 1&1 having a
broken IMAP server (which doesn't surprise me, given how badly broken
their envelope-to headers are).
Using Mulberry and Pine, the most comprehensive IMAP client-side
implementations I know of, I can't find any flaws; seen flagging works fine.
I'm using the UIDL support against a POP3 box in a similar situation
and have had no problems with it in the last 2 years. Maybe it's
worth seeing if moving to POP3 solves your problem?
Yes, POP3 does indeed work. I'm wondering myself, too. I've never had
any trouble using fetchmail. I now prefer IMAP over POP3 since 1&1
supports IDLE. Using IDLE you don't need polling anymore, the IMAP
server informs one of new mail via a halted connection. I left this out
of my posting because the problem occurs with and without toggling IDLE
in fetchmailrc
I'm going to give the Berlios list a try...