[Dovecot] pop3+leave messages on server

[Tobias]

On Tue, 29 Dec 2009 09:48:46 +0100, Papp Tamas <tompos at martos.bme.hu>
wrote:
> hi All,
> 
> I have a srange problem.
> 
> Before dovecot there was a courier imap and it worked just fine. The 
> client(s) are the same then before, so I think, this is an server side 
> problem.
> 
> I have a user with Outlook and he uses pop3 and leaves messages on
server.
> 
> 
> Sometimes the messages get downloaded again, when he starts the outlook. 
> Not all, but 7-9 hours back.
> 
> uidl format is like it's suggested:
> 
>   pop3_uidl_format = %08Xu%08Xv
> 
> 
> 
> Any idea, what's wrong and what I can do?
> 
> Thank you very much,
> 
> tamas

Is that a problem with other MUAs too? Or is Outlook the only affected one?
You tried Thunderbird or Windows Live Mail to verify?

Regards

tobi