duplicate email messages

[pavNell]

Got pop3d running on linux box and can use Thunderbird on my winderz box to read email messages. Hooray for me!!

Thunderbird settings are to "delete messages on server when deleted locally". But messages stay on the server. When I check for new messages, here they all come again! No good.
I just want to download any "new" messages from the server.

Not really sure if I should be looking at pop3d, postfix, or Thunderbird. Anyone can help??? Thanks.

 

[pavNell]

to add...

from /var/log/mail/errors i get...
Nov 30 18:56:10 localhost gnu-pop3d[4772]: Failed to create temporary file when expunging

each time I delete messages on the thunderbird client.

perhaps a permission issue but not sure where to look. Thanks for any help.

 

[emuncy]

PavNell
I am new to Linux, but your situation sounds similar to a problem I had not long ago. I had to increase the mailbox size for certian users who used only the web interface, and did not delete old messages. So the mailbox became to full to create a temp file that is to be pulled to your emial program. This is probably the reason you are recieving the error, but I am not sure about why the server will not delete the old messages. Some email programs will delete the email from the server once they retrieve them, maybe you would want to try this route. Please let us know of your progress.

 

[emuncy]

Please ignore the suggestion for using the email program "Thunderbird" to delete the emails from your server.... obviously you are already doing this.

 

[pansophic]

It really sounds as if pop3d is failing to erase the message on to the mail server. I would propose that you use WireShark on your Windows box and/or tcpdump (or Wireshark) on your Windows box and log a session when you delete mail locally. If you trace the TCP session you should be able to see "DELE <some hash>" for each of the mail messages that should be deleted from the mail server. If you don't then Thunderbird is the culprit. If you do, but the mail still comes back you need to look at your POP server.

However, checking your quota to make sure that you are not too close to your limit is a good idea as well.


pansophic