[fetchmail]fetchmail only skipping seen messages when there are no unseen ones
on imap
Christian Uebber
briefkasten@uebber.de
Sat, 05 Mar 2005 16:24:55 +0100
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Hello,
fetchmail does not skip seen messages on my imap server:
fetchmail: starting fetchmail 6.2.5 daemon
fetchmail: 5 messages for m6877766-1 at imap.1und1.de.
fetchmail: reading message m6877766-1@imap.1und1.de:1 of 5 (1565 header
octets) fetchmail: (924 body octets) fetchmail: not flushed
fetchmail: reading message m6877766-1@imap.1und1.de:2 of 5 (1303 header
octets) fetchmail: (7 body octets) fetchmail: not flushed
fetchmail: reading message m6877766-1@imap.1und1.de:3 of 5 (1279 header
octets) fetchmail: (2150 body octets) fetchmail: not flushed
fetchmail: reading message m6877766-1@imap.1und1.de:4 of 5 (1077 header
octets) fetchmail: (2876 body octets) fetchmail: not flushed
fetchmail: reading message m6877766-1@imap.1und1.de:5 of 5 (1288 header
octets) fetchmail: (7 body octets) fetchmail: not flushed
fetchmail: sleeping at Fri Mar 4 19:06:47 2005
It is strange everything works as soon as I manually remove the 'seen'
flag of one or more messages using Mulberry:
fetchmail: awakened at Fri Mar 4 19:07:17 2005
fetchmail: 5 messages (4 seen) for m6877766-1 at imap.1und1.de.
fetchmail: skipping message m6877766-1@imap.1und1.de:1 not flushed
fetchmail: skipping message m6877766-1@imap.1und1.de:2 not flushed
fetchmail: skipping message m6877766-1@imap.1und1.de:3 not flushed
fetchmail: reading message m6877766-1@imap.1und1.de:4 of 5 (1077 header
octets) fetchmail: (2876 body octets) fetchmail: not flushed
fetchmail: skipping message m6877766-1@imap.1und1.de:5 not flushed
fetchmail: sleeping at Fri Mar 4 19:07:24 2005
After the next run, when fetchmail has flagged message #4 'seen', same
behavior as before:
fetchmail: awakened at Fri Mar 4 19:07:54 2005
fetchmail: 5 messages for m6877766-1 at imap.1und1.de.
fetchmail: reading message m6877766-1@imap.1und1.de:1 of 5 (1565 header
octets) fetchmail: (924 body octets) fetchmail: not flushed
fetchmail: reading message m6877766-1@imap.1und1.de:2 of 5 (1303 header
octets) fetchmail: (7 body octets) fetchmail: not flushed
fetchmail: reading message m6877766-1@imap.1und1.de:3 of 5 (1279 header
octets) fetchmail: (2150 body octets) fetchmail: not flushed
fetchmail: reading message m6877766-1@imap.1und1.de:4 of 5 (1077 header
octets) fetchmail: (2876 body octets) fetchmail: not flushed
fetchmail: reading message m6877766-1@imap.1und1.de:5 of 5 (1288 header
octets) fetchmail: (7 body octets) fetchmail: not flushed
fetchmail: sleeping at Fri Mar 4 19:08:21 2005
System: Debian Sarge
Package: Plain Deb
Imap-Server:
S: * OK IMAP server ready H mimap4
C: C01 CAPABILITY
S: * CAPABILITY ACL CHILDREN ID IDLE IMAP4 IMAP4rev1 LITERAL+
LOGIN-REFERRALS MAILBOX-REFERRALS NAMESPACE UIDPLUS QUOTA STARTTLS
AUTH=PLAIN AUTH=LOGIN
S: C01 OK CAPABILITY completed
C: A01 AUTHENTICATE PLAIN
S: +
cat /etc/fetchmailrc:
set daemon 30
set logfile /var/log/fetchmail.log
poll imap.1und1.de protocol imap
username "abcdefg"
password "hijklmn"
no rewrite
keep
mda /usr/bin/procmail;
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<head>
<meta content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-15"
http-equiv="Content-Type">
<title></title>
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<body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000">
Hello,
<br>
<br>
fetchmail does not skip seen messages on my imap server:
<br>
<br>
fetchmail: starting fetchmail 6.2.5 daemon
<br>
fetchmail: 5 messages for m6877766-1 at imap.1und1.de.
<br>
fetchmail: reading message <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="mailto:m6877766-1@imap.1und1.de:1">m6877766-1@imap.1und1.de:1</a>
of 5 (1565 header octets) fetchmail: (924 body octets) fetchmail: not
flushed
<br>
fetchmail: reading message <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="mailto:m6877766-1@imap.1und1.de:2">m6877766-1@imap.1und1.de:2</a>
of 5 (1303 header octets) fetchmail: (7 body octets) fetchmail: not
flushed
<br>
fetchmail: reading message <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="mailto:m6877766-1@imap.1und1.de:3">m6877766-1@imap.1und1.de:3</a>
of 5 (1279 header octets) fetchmail: (2150 body octets) fetchmail:
not flushed
<br>
fetchmail: reading message <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="mailto:m6877766-1@imap.1und1.de:4">m6877766-1@imap.1und1.de:4</a>
of 5 (1077 header octets) fetchmail: (2876 body octets) fetchmail:
not flushed
<br>
fetchmail: reading message <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="mailto:m6877766-1@imap.1und1.de:5">m6877766-1@imap.1und1.de:5</a>
of 5 (1288 header octets) fetchmail: (7 body octets) fetchmail: not
flushed
<br>
fetchmail: sleeping at Fri Mar 4 19:06:47 2005
<br>
<br>
It is strange everything works as soon as I manually remove the 'seen'
flag of one or more messages using Mulberry:
<br>
<br>
fetchmail: awakened at Fri Mar 4 19:07:17 2005
<br>
fetchmail: 5 messages (4 seen) for m6877766-1 at imap.1und1.de.
<br>
fetchmail: skipping message <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="mailto:m6877766-1@imap.1und1.de:1">m6877766-1@imap.1und1.de:1</a>
not flushed
<br>
fetchmail: skipping message <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="mailto:m6877766-1@imap.1und1.de:2">m6877766-1@imap.1und1.de:2</a>
not flushed
<br>
fetchmail: skipping message <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="mailto:m6877766-1@imap.1und1.de:3">m6877766-1@imap.1und1.de:3</a>
not flushed
<br>
fetchmail: reading message <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="mailto:m6877766-1@imap.1und1.de:4">m6877766-1@imap.1und1.de:4</a>
of 5 (1077 header octets) fetchmail: (2876 body octets) fetchmail:
not flushed
<br>
fetchmail: skipping message <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="mailto:m6877766-1@imap.1und1.de:5">m6877766-1@imap.1und1.de:5</a>
not flushed
<br>
fetchmail: sleeping at Fri Mar 4 19:07:24 2005
<br>
<br>
After the next run, when fetchmail has flagged message #4 'seen', same
behavior as before:
<br>
<br>
fetchmail: awakened at Fri Mar 4 19:07:54 2005
<br>
fetchmail: 5 messages for m6877766-1 at imap.1und1.de.
<br>
fetchmail: reading message <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="mailto:m6877766-1@imap.1und1.de:1">m6877766-1@imap.1und1.de:1</a>
of 5 (1565 header octets) fetchmail: (924 body octets) fetchmail: not
flushed
<br>
fetchmail: reading message <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="mailto:m6877766-1@imap.1und1.de:2">m6877766-1@imap.1und1.de:2</a>
of 5 (1303 header octets) fetchmail: (7 body octets) fetchmail: not
flushed
<br>
fetchmail: reading message <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="mailto:m6877766-1@imap.1und1.de:3">m6877766-1@imap.1und1.de:3</a>
of 5 (1279 header octets) fetchmail: (2150 body octets) fetchmail:
not flushed
<br>
fetchmail: reading message <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="mailto:m6877766-1@imap.1und1.de:4">m6877766-1@imap.1und1.de:4</a>
of 5 (1077 header octets) fetchmail: (2876 body octets) fetchmail:
not flushed
<br>
fetchmail: reading message <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="mailto:m6877766-1@imap.1und1.de:5">m6877766-1@imap.1und1.de:5</a>
of 5 (1288 header octets) fetchmail: (7 body octets) fetchmail: not
flushed
<br>
fetchmail: sleeping at Fri Mar 4 19:08:21 2005
<br>
<br>
System: Debian Sarge
<br>
<br>
Package: Plain Deb
<br>
<br>
Imap-Server:
<br>
<br>
S: * OK IMAP server ready H mimap4
<br>
C: C01 CAPABILITY
<br>
S: * CAPABILITY ACL CHILDREN ID IDLE IMAP4 IMAP4rev1 LITERAL+
LOGIN-REFERRALS MAILBOX-REFERRALS NAMESPACE UIDPLUS QUOTA STARTTLS
AUTH=PLAIN AUTH=LOGIN
<br>
S: C01 OK CAPABILITY completed
<br>
C: A01 AUTHENTICATE PLAIN
<br>
S: +
<br>
<br>
cat /etc/fetchmailrc:
<br>
<br>
set daemon 30
<br>
set logfile /var/log/fetchmail.log
<br>
poll imap.1und1.de protocol imap
<br>
username "abcdefg"
<br>
password "hijklmn"
<br>
no rewrite
<br>
keep
<br>
mda /usr/bin/procmail;
<br>
<br>
</body>
</html>
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