[Dovecot] POP3: Message ordering changed unexpectedly

[Gedalya]

On 02/07/2014 03:20 PM, Timo Sirainen wrote:
> On 7.2.2014, at 15.16, Gedalya <gedalya at gedalya.net> wrote:
>
>>> So also add something like "uidls=%u" to your pop3_logout_format. This will use up a little bit more memory by storing all the UIDLs in memory. The %u output can sometimes be used to debug why POP3 clients are redownloading messages.
>>>
>> Your commit message says: "..can be completely avoided by using either pop3_lock_session=yes or adding %u to pop3_logout_format."
>> If I understand you correctly, this is a setting for formatting the entry in the log file, and by using %u I'm forced to save the UIDLs in memory
>> and as a side effect I circumvent the problem of colliding with another simultaneous pop3 client? So using %u would not help troubleshoot the problem but actually fix it?
> Yeah, as a side effect of %u it'll also fix your problem entirely. I first thought about adding a new setting but then I realized this can be used without adding any settings.
>
Cool ;-) Thank you!!! Much appreciated.