hi centos 6 with qmail toaster and dovecot 2.2.7 for pop3 and imap i have a strange issue which happens on all 4 of my servers for POP3 users -- on any random day ie once in a while users spread across multiple domains will face a problem of outlook re-downloading ALL the emails in the inbox -- not just a few duplicate emails but the entire inbox. This happens for multiple email users spread across multiple domains sitting in different locations. i am searching for a solution for the last several months but nothing yet require help please my dovecot config file # Settings for 'stock' qmail-toaster disable_plaintext_auth = no default_login_user = vpopmail mail_max_userip_connections = 50 service imap-login { service_count = 0 client_limit = 256 process_min_avail = 4 vsz_limit = 384M process_limit = 400 } service pop3-login { service_count = 0 client_limit = 1000 process_min_avail = 12 vsz_limit = 512M process_limit = 400 } auth_cache_size = 0 auth_cache_ttl = 0 auth_cache_negative_ttl = 0 auth_mechanisms = plain login digest-md5 cram-md5 auth_username_format = %Lu first_valid_uid = 89 first_valid_gid = 89 log_path = /var/log/dovecot.log login_greeting = ready. mail_plugins = $mail_plugins quota plugin/quota = maildir protocols = imap pop3 ssl_cert = </var/qmail/control/servercert.pem ssl_key = </var/qmail/control/servercert.pem # the following will likely be the default at some point ssl_dh_parameters_length = 2048 namespace { inbox = yes location prefix # prefix = INBOX. # Use 'prefix = INBOX.' for Courier-IMAP compatible transparent migration. # This forces all client apps to create subfolders underneath/within # the inbox instead of adjacent to it. It's not necessary to be that way. # FWIW, shubes thinks this setting is annoying/rediculous/retarded. # As a practical example, having no prefix allows mobile users to select # which folders get synchronized. Otherwise their whole mailbox is # synchronized, and they have no way to choose which folders they want sync'd. separator = . type = private } passdb { args = cache_key=%u webmail=127.0.0.1 driver = vpopmail } protocol imap { imap_client_workarounds = "delay-newmail" mail_plugins = $mail_plugins imap_quota } protocol pop3 { pop3_client_workarounds = outlook-no-nuls oe-ns-eoh pop3_fast_size_lookups = yes pop3_lock_session = no # pop3_uidl_format = UID%u-%v pop3_no_flag_updates=yes } userdb { args = cache_key=%u quota_template=quota_rule=*:backend=%q driver = vpopmail } plugin { quota = maildir:ignore=Trash quota_rule = ?:storage=0 } thanks raj