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Here here!  I second the question, that's exactly what we need to know.

-- dkm


At 11/23/2015 04:01 PM Monday, STeve Andre' wrote:
>Um, not quite.  With the 'leave mail on server' set on, when a client deletes
>mail it really is deleted--on the client side.  But the mail(s) are 
>still lurking
>on the server.
>
>If the state information about what the client has is lost, then the client
>doesn't know what is local, so gets it all.  This either makes for duplicate
>messages, or older messages that were deleted on the client, reappearing.
>
>My question is what was changed such that the clients lost the state
>information?
>
>--STeve Andre'
>
>On 11/23/15 15:52, Sell, Leo wrote:
>>If someone has their client set to POP -  delete the messages from 
>>the server, they are not likely affected.
>>
>>Those affected are likely people who have set their client to 
>>"leave messages on server". When they "delete" messages, they are 
>>really just flagging them to be deleted. If their client isn't set 
>>to or doesn't work properly to purge those marked for deletion, 
>>they probably have been affected by this.
>>
>>/L
>>
>>Leo  Sell
>>MSU IT Service Desk
>>517-432-6200
>>#TeamMSUIT
>>
>>
>>
>>>On Nov 23, 2015, at 3:37 PM, STeve Andre' <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>>
>>>Diane, Do you know of POP clients who did not see this?  I'd like to think
>>>that.  Do you have a description of the problem?
>>>
>>>Thanks,  --STeve Andre'
>>>
>>>
>>>On 11/23/15 15:30, Mills, Diane wrote:
>>>>On Saturday, November 21, 2015 MSU IT performed maintenance on
>>>>mail.msu.edu. A result of this upgrade has caused some individuals who use
>>>>POP to receive duplicate emails. If you are affected, please contact the
>>>>MSU IT Service Desk at (517) 432-6200 and we will assist you.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Diane M. Mills
>>>>MSU Information Technology Communications and Marketing
>>>>Computer Center, 450 Auditorium Road, Room 220
>>>>East Lansing, MI 48824
>>>>517-432-7367
>>>>[log in to unmask]
>>>>
>>>>@thequeenofspin#TeamMSUIT
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>On 11/23/15, 3:20 PM, "David McFarlane" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>Maybe the MSU mail team is deprecating POP3 support (and hasn't told
>>>>>anyone)?
>>>>>
>>>>>-- dkm
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>At 11/23/2015 02:15 PM Monday, Jalal Jaleel wrote:
>>>>>>There are add ons for Outlook and Thunderbird to delete duplicate
>>>>>>emails. The bigger problem I saw is on Thunderbird where deleted
>>>>>>emails re-appeared in the Inbox.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Jalal
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Jalal Jaleel
>>>>>>Computer Services
>>>>>>W.K. Kellogg Biological Station
>>>>>>Michigan State University
>>>>>>helpdesk: 269-671-2100
>>>>>>office:   269-671-2215
>>>>>>cell:     202-906-0748
>>>>>>
>>>>>>On 11/23/2015 1:49 PM, David McFarlane wrote:
>>>>>>>No, they can't.  I just called, and they only said that something
>>>>>>>indefinite happened, it's fixed, and the only recourse that users
>>>>>>>have is to delete the duplicates.  No further details.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>-- dkm
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>At 11/23/2015 10:38 AM Monday, Murray, Troy wrote:
>>>>>>>>The MSU IT Service Desk could tell you what, if any, changes were made.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Troy Murray
>>>>>>>>Solutions Architect
>>>>>>>>Michigan State University (MSU) Information Technology
>>>>>>>>Hannah Tech Center (HTC)
>>>>>>>>4700 S Hagadorn Rd Ste 152
>>>>>>>>East Lansing, MI 48823
>>>>>>>>(e) <mailto:[log in to unmask]>[log in to unmask]
>>>>>>>>(p) <tel:517-884-3031>517-884-3031
>>>>>>>>(f) <tel:517-432-6680>517-432-6680
>>>>>>>>(w) <http://tech.msu.edu>tech.msu.edu
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>On Mon, Nov 23, 2015 at 7:36 AM -0800, "STeve Andre'"
>>>>>>>><<mailto:[log in to unmask]>[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>On 11/23/15 09:39, Bill Park wrote:
>>>>>>>>>Was something changed over the weekend with MSU mail?  We're
>>>>>>>>>seeing a lot of users that are downloading mail via POP to a
>>>>>>>>>local client having all of their mail retrieved from the MSU mail
>>>>>>>>>server again creating a lot of duplicates in the inbox.
>>>>>>>>>So far we've seen this in Outlook and on iOS so it doesn't seem
>>>>>>>>>to be a problem with any specific client.
>>>>>>>>Yes, we've seen it as well.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>--STeve Andre'