I got this with 0.6: [Mon Jan 19 21:41:31 +0100 2009] fetching IMAP headers 1..3672 [Mon Jan 19 21:41:32 +0100 2009] done fetching IMAP headers [Mon Jan 19 21:42:15 +0100 2009] warning: error (Iconv::IllegalSequence) decoding message body from UTF-8: " ''[New File]'', ''"... [Mon Jan 19 21:42:22 +0100 2009] unlocking /home/erlends/.sup/lock... /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/sup-0.6/lib/sup/mbox.rb:31:in `read_header'': unmatched ): /@p\237\002\000\000\000\000ly-To):(?-mix:\s*(.*?\S)\s*)$/ (RegexpError) from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/sup-0.6/lib/sup/imap.rb:93:in `load_header'' from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/sup-0.6/lib/sup/util.rb:538:in `send'' from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/sup-0.6/lib/sup/util.rb:538:in `__pass'' from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/sup-0.6/lib/sup/util.rb:525:in `method_missing'' from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/sup-0.6/lib/sup/message.rb:63:in `initialize'' from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/sup-0.6/lib/sup/poll.rb:151:in `new'' from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/sup-0.6/lib/sup/poll.rb:151:in `add_messages_from'' from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/sup-0.6/lib/sup/imap.rb:167:in `each'' from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/sup-0.6/lib/sup/imap.rb:155:in `upto'' from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/sup-0.6/lib/sup/imap.rb:155:in `each'' from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/sup-0.6/lib/sup/util.rb:538:in `send'' from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/sup-0.6/lib/sup/util.rb:538:in `__pass'' from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/sup-0.6/lib/sup/util.rb:525:in `method_missing'' from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/sup-0.6/lib/sup/poll.rb:141:in `add_messages_from'' from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/sup-0.6/lib/sup/util.rb:499:in `send'' from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/sup-0.6/lib/sup/util.rb:499:in `method_missing'' from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/sup-0.6/bin/sup-sync:136 from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/sup-0.6/bin/sup-sync:131:in `each'' from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/sup-0.6/bin/sup-sync:131 from /usr/bin/sup-sync:19:in `load'' from /usr/bin/sup-sync:19 It was able to fetch 117 messages, though, so I fired up sup to look at what was there and got this: --- RegexpError from thread: poll after loading inbox unmatched ): /\260B\367\001\000\000\000\000-mix:\s*(.*?\S)\s*)$/ /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/sup-0.6/lib/sup/mbox.rb:26:in `read_header'' /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/sup-0.6/lib/sup/imap.rb:93:in `load_header'' /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/sup-0.6/lib/sup/util.rb:538:in `send'' /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/sup-0.6/lib/sup/util.rb:538:in `__pass'' /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/sup-0.6/lib/sup/util.rb:525:in `method_missing'' /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/sup-0.6/lib/sup/message.rb:213:in `load_from_source!'' /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/sup-0.6/lib/sup/message.rb:194:in `chunks'' /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/sup-0.6/lib/sup/message.rb:144:in `snippet'' /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/sup-0.6/lib/sup/index.rb:182:in `sync_message'' /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/sup-0.6/lib/sup/util.rb:499:in `send'' /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/sup-0.6/lib/sup/util.rb:499:in `method_missing'' /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/sup-0.6/lib/sup/poll.rb:160:in `add_messages_from'' /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/sup-0.6/lib/sup/imap.rb:167:in `each'' /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/sup-0.6/lib/sup/imap.rb:155:in `upto'' /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/sup-0.6/lib/sup/imap.rb:155:in `each'' /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/sup-0.6/lib/sup/util.rb:538:in `send'' /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/sup-0.6/lib/sup/util.rb:538:in `__pass'' /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/sup-0.6/lib/sup/util.rb:525:in `method_missing'' /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/sup-0.6/lib/sup/poll.rb:141:in `add_messages_from'' /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/sup-0.6/lib/sup/poll.rb:98:in `do_poll'' /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/sup-0.6/lib/sup/poll.rb:86:in `each'' /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/sup-0.6/lib/sup/poll.rb:86:in `do_poll'' /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/sup-0.6/lib/sup/poll.rb:85:in `synchronize'' /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/sup-0.6/lib/sup/poll.rb:85:in `do_poll'' /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/sup-0.6/lib/sup/util.rb:499:in `send'' /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/sup-0.6/lib/sup/util.rb:499:in `method_missing'' /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/sup-0.6/lib/sup/modes/poll-mode.rb:17:in `poll'' /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/sup-0.6/lib/sup/poll.rb:53:in `poll'' /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/sup-0.6/lib/sup/util.rb:499:in `send'' /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/sup-0.6/lib/sup/util.rb:499:in `method_missing'' /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/sup-0.6/bin/sup:166 /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/sup-0.6/lib/sup.rb:85:in `reporting_thread'' /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/sup-0.6/lib/sup.rb:83:in `initialize'' /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/sup-0.6/lib/sup.rb:83 I do get an obscene amount of spam and broken emails, so that might have something to do with it. -- Erlend