Adding the fetchall option (noted in an earlier post by Rob MacGregor)
to my .fetchmailrc file seems to have fixed the lingering mail problem.
I'm not sure what caused it but surmise that the last message in a queue
were occasionally being marked read.
Thanks for the help.
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Date: Sat, 8 Oct 2005 11:39:39 +0100
From: Rob MacGregor <rob(_dot_)macgregor(_at_)gmail(_dot_)com>
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Subject: Re: [fetchmail]fetchmail not retrieving all messages . . .
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On 08/10/05, John Williams <John(_dot_)Williams(_at_)seawindow(_dot_)com> wrote:
Fetchmail is not retrieving all of the messages available for
retrieval f=
rom
the target mailserver.
It became especially apparent today when the invitation to join the
fetchmail-friends list sat in the mailserver queue for nearly seven
hours
until I was doing some regular clean-up and noticed the invitation
messag=
e
still in the server inbox.
By default, shouldn't fetchmail be retrieving *all* messages on the
serve=
r?
All *UNREAD* messages. Note that if something else marks the message
as read, unless you've enabled UIDL support fetchmail won't pull the
message.
The fetchmailrc file is a very simple, straightforward pop request set
to
run every 60 seconds.
Actual contents? Note that some ISPs may view 60 seconds as abusive :)
I'm running FreeBSD 5.4 and have recently updated my sendmail version
to
8.13.4 but those stats shouldn't really matter, yes?
The version of fetchmail however does!
Please also provide the output of "fetchmail -v -v -v" showing the
problem.
As a reference, I run fetchmail (6.2.5.2) from ports on FreeBSD 5.4
and don't see the problem you're describing. That suggests that the
problem is related to your configuration, or your remote POP server.
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doesn't become a monster. Friedrich Nietzsche
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