[Dovecot] dovecot can't see mail that is there

[Joachim Ferreira]

Hi Frank,

Yes, I'm using POP and no, the previous session did not download them,
indeed they are still there and they will be there until I manage to read
them via Outlook. 
I can't carry on with the installation of other application until I solve
this issue.

Unfortunately IMAP is not an option for this project.

JF

-----Original Message-----
From: dovecot-bounces+joach_ferr=yahoo.co.uk at dovecot.org
[mailto:dovecot-bounces+joach_ferr=yahoo.co.uk at dovecot.org] On Behalf Of
Frank Elsner
Sent: 06 January 2011 20:10
To: Joachim Ferreira
Cc: dovecot at dovecot.org
Subject: Re: [Dovecot] dovecot can't see mail that is there

On Thu, 6 Jan 2011 19:45:46 +0100 Joachim Ferreira wrote:

  [ ... ]

> If I login into the account and check the mail with the alpine (ex pine)
> client, I see that there are 10 mails.

>From the Log I guess you're using POP, right?

> When I "telnet localhost pop3" and login into the account, the "list"
> command says there are 0 mails.

I guess the previous POP session downloaded them.

You may want to switch to IMAP.

$SEARCHENGINE may help you to learn about the difference
              between POP and IMAP.


--Frank Elsmer