Re: incorrect message count
Matthias Andree <[email protected]>
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Am 25.11.20 um 13:14 schrieb [email protected]: > fetchmail reports: > > fetchmail: reading message [email protected]:5 of 5 (32117 octets) flushed > > mail returns: > > mailx version v14.9.19. Type `?' for help > /var/spool/mail/billybomb: 1 message 1 new > >N 1 Kosair Charities 2020-11-24 432/31949 We're thankful for you > > I notice that the message has 5 instances of 'From ', but only > 1 at the beginning of a line. This is consistent with fetchmail > counting all instances rather than just the ones at the beginning of a > line. This happens for most of my fetched messages. On a subsequent > mail spool file, the number corresponded to the instances of "From " > and "From: ", but was case-sensitive. > > russell bell Russell, why do you believe it were fetchmail that is counting the 5 messages? Is mail configured to show unread mail as well? In fact it is your POP3 or IMAP server that counts messages, and fetchmail asks it. Please see https://www.fetchmail.info/fetchmail-FAQ.html#G3 for the troubleshooting instructions and logs to provide. Thank you. Regards, Matthias Andree