On 2/23/2007 2:16 PM, Don Piven wrote: > Also sprach Keith P Hassen: >> On 2/23/2007 11:39 AM, Ralf Hildebrandt wrote: >>> * Keith P Hassen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >>>> Hello, any time I use IMAP, my mail is getting delivered exactly twice. >>>> This only occurs with IMAP, not with POP3. >>>> >>>> My MTA is Postfix, and I see it picking up mail from both the "smtpd" >>>> process and from the "pickup" process. Is there something in the way >>>> IMAP is configured that is causing this? >>> Open the mailbox (it's Maildir format) with >>> >>> mutt -f Maildir/ >>> >>> to see if there are duplicates. >>> >> Sorry, maybe I wasn't clear: mail is getting delivered to *other* >> domains twice. So, I send mail from my domain using IMAP to >> [EMAIL PROTECTED], and Joe receives the email exactly twice. When I >> receive mail at *my* domain, I get the email exactly once, as per usual. >> >> Again, this only occurs when I send mail using IMAP. > > Is it possible that your imapd is configured to provide an Outbox > (OUTBOX in the imapd config file)? From the config file: > > "If OUTBOX is defined, mail can be sent via the IMAP connection by > copying a message to the INBOX.Outbox folder. For all practical > matters, INBOX.Outbox looks and behaves just like any other IMAP folder. > If this folder doesn't exist it must be created by the IMAP mail > client, just like any other IMAP folder. The kicker: any message copied > or moved to this folder is will be E-mailed by the Courier-IMAP server, > by running the SENDMAIL program. Therefore, messages copied or moved to > this folder must be well-formed RFC-2822 messages, with the recipient > list specified in the To:, Cc:, and Bcc: headers." > > It strikes me that if your IMAP client is set up to save sent items in, > say, "Outbox", it would be sent once via SMTP and then again when imapd > notices a new message in your Outbox.
Hi, Yes, this was the problem. Someone identified this as the issue in an off-mailing-list message, so thanks very much for your input. -k ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Courier-imap mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/courier-imap
