[Dovecot] Dovecot returns the same UIDL for another message

Alexander Shikoff minotaur at crete.org.ua
Thu Oct 23 16:04:13 EEST 2008


On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 02:57:04PM +0200, Roberto Tagliaferri - Tosnet srl wrote:
> Alexander Shikoff ha scritto:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I have a serious problem with dovecot and mbox format.
> > dovecot returns the same UIDL for new messages and as result some MUAs don't
> > retrieve new mail.
> >
> > UIDs returned by UIDL command look like 000000*1c*49006cec
> > And there is a moment when dovecot stops incrementing marked digits.
> > In other words when new message arrive to mbox, UIDL command returns used UID.
> >
> >   
> I've the same problem and i resolve with a change of the uidl format (yes, all email leave on server must reread from the client)
> pop3_uidl_format: %m

Yeah, I also know the workarounds. Change uidl format or make MTA to mark 
all messages with X-UIDL: header and then use it in dovecot with pop3_reuse_xuidl
parameter.

But any workaround don't remove the bug... 
1.0.3 version of Dovecot is free of it.

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