On Wed, 22 Apr 1998, Tim Sailer wrote: > > I use fetchmail and I do not think I upgraded it recently, although I > > might be wrong. This happens even if I telnet to port 143 and just check > > how many messages I have. Besides, imap server still counts those in mbox > > as messages. It looks like it concatenates mbox and /var/spool/mail/$USER > > when showing user's INBOX. That's why I think it's impa problem, not > > client problem. > > Nutscrape takes a look at every file/directory in your home dir and > treats it > as a mailbox.. :(
I do not think I mentioned Netscape anywhere in my email and that's because I DO NOT USE it for email. I'm saying that even if I just telnet to port 143 and issue SELECT INBOX it shows not only messages in /var/spool/mail/$USER but also in $HOME/mbox, appending those in /var/spool/mail/$USER to those in $HOME/mbox. Here's a sample of a what is happening: physlab:~$ mail Mail version 8.1 6/6/93. Type ? for help. "/var/spool/mail/stalex": 1 message 1 new >N 1 stalex Wed Apr 22 14:01 18/451 "Test" & x physlab:~$ telnet localhost 143 Trying 127.0.0.1... Connected to localhost. Escape character is '^]'. * OK physlab.sci.ccny.cuny.edu IMAP4rev1 v10.210 server ready a001 login stalex ******* < -- password deleted a001 OK LOGIN completed a002 select inbox * 47 EXISTS * 48 EXISTS * OK [UIDVALIDITY 893187849] UID validity status * OK [UIDNEXT 49] Predicted next UID * FLAGS (\Answered \Flagged \Deleted \Draft \Seen) * OK [PERMANENTFLAGS (\* \Answered \Flagged \Deleted \Draft \Seen)] Permanent flags * OK [UNSEEN 48] 48 is first unseen message in /home/grad/stalex/mbox * 1 RECENT a002 OK [READ-WRITE] SELECT completed a003 logout * BYE physlab.sci.ccny.cuny.edu IMAP4rev1 server terminating connection a003 OK LOGOUT completed Connection closed by foreign host. physlab:~$ mail No mail for stalex physlab:~$ It is clearly a suddenly changed IMAP behavior. Why is the change and how to get back the old behavior. = === mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ===== http://physlab.sci.ccny.cuny.edu/~stalex |______ Alexander Stavitsky -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
