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Author: Robert Holtzman
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To: plug-discuss
Subject: Re: lost email
On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 11:23:50AM -0700, Eric Shubert wrote:
> Robert Holtzman wrote:
> > This one really has me snowed. I use fetchmail to d/l mail and route
> > it through procmail with mailstat to track how many msgs are in what
> > mailbox. For a while now I've noticed a discrepancy between the number
> > shown in mailstat and the number in my mailboxes. Usually it's just a
> > few msgs but this morning the difference was dramatic. Such as:
> >
> >                              mailstat              msgs in
> >                               shows                mailbox
> > sounder.......................23.....................3
> > /var/mai/holtzm...............29....................14
> > INCOMING.......................6.....................3
> > ubuntu-users..................27....................12

> >
> > My procmail log agrees with mailstat. Unfortunately I didn't have
> > verbose logging turned on, since rectified so I may know more next
> > time. It doesn't seem to be an isp, fetchmail, or procmail problem.
> > Right now I have no idea where to start troubleshooting. Searching on
> > "lost email" turned up nothing close.
> >
> > If anyone can solve this, the beer is on me (that ought to get some
> > action -:))
> >
>
> Which type of mailbox (maildir|mbox)?
> Are you using imap or pop3?


pop3 and mbox.

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Bob Holtzman
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