On Wed, 17 Nov 2004 21:10:53 -0500 (EST) fedora-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > I found out that clamassassin does not cause duplicate mail messages because > > even if I commented out the .procmailrc rule I still experienced the > > duplicate mail messages. I have since updated clamassassin to version 2.2 and > > have modified my .procmailrc rules to reflect Alexander Dolloz > > suggestions. I found out that the duplicate mail generation occurs if I > > leave fetchmail running for an hour or more. I don't know why. I find if > > I stop fetchmail after a lull in receiving messages that I don't experience > > the duplicate mail messages. I am puzzled by this. I will once more show you > > my .procmailrc file after I have made the corrections. If you see something > > amiss please let me know. > > > > I leave fetchmail running constantly, but it runs in daemon mode. > When it completes a download it then deletes the downloaded messages > from the server, then waits and restarts a new session. > > IIRC the pop3/imap protocols work similarly. The server marks for > deletion during the session but does not actually do the delete until > the session ends. This seems like it may be your problem. If the session > never ends they never get deleted. And a new fetch command will > download the same messages again. > > Try running fetchmail in daemon mode > > This is not likely related to procmail, but to fetchmail. > > > I do run in daemon mode but do not explicitly remove the mail messages. I will add the -K option to force this. Thank you. -- Richard E Miles Federal Way WA. registered linux user 46097
