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List:       getmail
Subject:    Re: getmail re-downloads every message each time
From:       Paul <paul () nlpagan ! net>
Date:       2009-08-09 18:58:06
Message-ID: 4A7F1C3E.1050309 () nlpagan ! net
[Download RAW message or body]

Tomasz Chmielewski wrote:
> Is it normal that getmail re-downloads every message from the server 
> each time it is used?
>
> For example, when I use the following command line initially, it 
> downloads all 140 messages I have on the server:
>
> $ getmail -v -l -g /home/example/etc
> getmail version 4.11.0
> Copyright (C) 1998-2009 Charles Cazabon.  Licensed under the GNU GPL 
> version 2.
> SimplePOP3SSLRetriever:narisc@cygrouponline.com@cygrouponline.com:995:
>   msg   1/140 (1055 bytes) delivered
> (...)
>   msg 140/140 (2160 bytes) delivered
>   140 messages (460018 bytes) retrieved, 0 skipped
>
>
> $ cd maildir/new
> $ ls | wc -l
> 142
>
>
> When I use it next time, it download exactly the same 140 messages again:
>
> $ getmail -v -l -g /home/example/etc
> getmail version 4.11.0
> Copyright (C) 1998-2009 Charles Cazabon.  Licensed under the GNU GPL 
> version 2.
> SimplePOP3SSLRetriever:narisc@cygrouponline.com@cygrouponline.com:995:
>   msg   1/140 (1055 bytes) delivered
> (...)
>   msg 140/140 (2160 bytes) delivered
>   140 messages (460018 bytes) retrieved, 0 skipped
>
>
> $ ls | wc -l
> 282
>
>
> And so on. The account is not a gmail account and there are exactly 
> 140 messages in it.
>
> I don't want to remove the messages from the server.
>
> I tried POP3, POP3S, IMAP and IMAPS, and they all behave the same (all 
> messages are re-downloaded).
>
> Can anyone give me a clue how to fix it?
>
>
> The config I use is:
>
> [options]
> verbose = 1
> delete = false
read_all = false

in the options section should help!

Paul

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