Thanks for the suggestions. I logged into the mail server via telnet,
did a LIST twice and compared the printouts (150 mails). Both listings
were identical.
I then loaded Outlook Express, set up an account with the same
settings (leave messages on server, delete after 2 days) and
downloaded the 150 mails that were on the server. When I checked mail
again right after the first operation. Outlook didn't download any old
messages again - no dupes here.
I guess the problem might actually be related to The Bat! One more
thing of note is that the program doesn't re-download ALL mails that
are on the server every time I check mail, just a subset (that keeps
growing). The problem started happening at some point and all mails
that I got after that first email that kept getting duped are now
reappearing in my inbox. I THINK it might have started happening
after I setup the filters, but I'm not entirely sure.
Any other ideas or more information I could collect? :)
AGSAA> Perhaps something is wrong with your POP3 server. To be exact, there is
AGSAA> something wrong with the so-called UIDL mechanism which is used by every
AGSAA> MUA to determine the presence of a really new messages in the user's
AGSAA> mailbox.
AGSAA> You should check the output of a raw POP3 session. To do so:
AGSAA> 1. Ensure that you have at least 3 new messages in your mailbox.
AGSAA> 2. Shutdown The Bat! and any other applications such as mailbox checkers.
AGSAA> 3. Launch you telnet client (UNIX shell will be great :-), enable
AGSAA> logging to some file and connect to the POP3 server in question. Then
AGSAA> type:
AGSAA> USER your_pop3_username
AGSAA> PASS your_pop3_password
AGSAA> LIST
AGSAA> UIDL
AGSAA> QUIT
AGSAA> Repeat the server session for at least 2 times and then compare server
AGSAA> replies to the UIDL command in 1st and 2nd sessions. If you'll see any
AGSAA> differencies it clearly indicates that POP3 server you're using needs
AGSAA> some maintenance or additional tweaking.
AGSAA> The first line in your telnet log probably will also contain the POP3
AGSAA> server identification string, such as
AGSAA> +OK QPOP (version 3.0.2) at hostname starting. <79106.978566438@hostname>
AGSAA> This ID can help you resolve this issue by consulting the appropriate
AGSAA> documentation.
Matthias
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