[Dovecot] problem about pop3 using dovecot
I upgraded dovecot from 1.1 to 2.1.8
pop3/imap works but i have a problem.
i use pop3 protocol on outlook 2010 for my account. and i set keep my mails on the server for 5 days or until i delete them. These settings were working old dovecot1.1. But when i upgraded it to 2.1.8. if i even delete a mail from outlook the server doesn't delete or old mails are not deleted.
what can be the problem ?
thanks
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bmalik wrote:
I upgraded dovecot from 1.1 to 2.1.8
pop3/imap works but i have a problem.
i use pop3 protocol on outlook 2010 for my account. and i set keep my mails on the server for 5 days or until i delete them. These settings were working old dovecot1.1. But when i upgraded it to 2.1.8. if i even delete a mail from outlook the server doesn't delete or old mails are not deleted.
Dovecot does not remove expunged mails from mdbox automatically. You can run doveadm purge via cron to remove unreferenced messages: http://wiki2.dovecot.org/Tools/Doveadm/Purge
Regards Daniel
But i use Maildir ?
is there a solution ?
Meanwhile, after dovecot to 2.1.8, when i login to the new pop3 server, i got duplicate mails which i have kept for some days on the server. how can i prevent this problem?
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Am 08.09.2012 09:25, schrieb bmalik:
But i use Maildir ?
is there a solution ?
Meanwhile, after dovecot to 2.1.8, when i login to the new pop3 server, i got duplicate mails which i have kept for some days on the server. how can i prevent this problem?
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pop3 feature leave mails on the servers works i.e with thunderbird with a local list in Tb what is allready download for compare so its not only a server feature, so you will allways download all mails new if using a new client without that list, or you changed something on the server ( i.e X-UIDL changed ) and existing list isnt longer build like before
see i.e
http://kb.mozillazine.org/Popstate.dat
however i had some problems with pop3 leave mails on the server with virtual plugin, but that was fixed and works with setup right way
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Am 08.09.2012 15:10, schrieb Robert Schetterer:
pop3 feature leave mails on the servers works i.e with thunderbird with a local list in Tb what is allready download for compare so its not only a server feature, so you will allways download all mails new if using a new client without that list, or you changed something on the server ( i.e X-UIDL changed ) and existing list isnt longer build like before
see i.e
http://kb.mozillazine.org/Popstate.dat
however i had some problems with pop3 leave mails on the server with virtual plugin, but that was fixed and works with setup right way
and that is why every mail-client has a option "delete messages after x days from server" but users are refusing to spent some minutes of their time looking what options software offers for wondering years later
i only upgraded dovecot from 1.x to 2.1.x. i didn't change any settings over server. after dovecot service restart, my keep mails on the server, i got again to the outlook. that's my test server but i am going to migrate soon. but i don't want to get duplicate mails. How can i prevent ? Thanks
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Am 08.09.2012 15:43, schrieb bmalik:
i only upgraded dovecot from 1.x to 2.1.x. i didn't change any settings over server. after dovecot service restart, my keep mails on the server, i got again to the outlook. that's my test server but i am going to migrate soon. but i don't want to get duplicate mails. How can i prevent ?
again: you can NOT
POP3 and leave on server depends on the client having a list of message-UUIDs which are already received and it is not uncommon that they are changing due major upgrades on the server
DO NOT LEAVE MAILS FOREVER ON THE SERVER
this is the only solution and will ever be that is why the client offers "delete after X days from server"
smarter clients like thunderbird are defaulting to 14 days not so smart client sleaves their messages forever on the server this is wasting ressources, leads to your troubles and that is why users should learn to look at the options of their sofwtare and try to understand basics who things are working or live with the resulsts if not doing so
Am 08.09.2012 15:43, schrieb bmalik:
i only upgraded dovecot from 1.x to 2.1.x. i didn't change any settings over server. after dovecot service restart, my keep mails on the server, i got again to the outlook. that's my test server but i am going to migrate soon. but i don't want to get duplicate mails. How can i prevent ? Thanks
dont use pop3, use imap
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bmalik
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Daniel Parthey
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Reindl Harald
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Robert Schetterer