.fetchmailrc file help

How come everytime I run 'fetchmail' it download the same e-mail already
in my /var/mail/ folder? Here's my "~/.fetchmailrc" file
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# Configuration created Sat Apr 15 14:18:33 2002 by fetchmailconf
set postmaster "myself"
# set bouncemail
# set no spambounce
# set nosyslog

defaults
limit 20000
# fetchall
keep # nokeep if wanna leave messages in the server

set no bouncemail
set properties ""

poll pop3.mailserver.net
protocol pop3
port 110
user username
password "password"
to myself here
antispam -1
fetchall
keep
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where myself is my Unix login ID
username is my ISP's username
password is my ISP's password
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Is there way to configure not to download anything already in my inbox?
Thanks.

On Sat, 06 Sep 2003 at 21:12 GMT, (E-Mail Removed) eloquently wrote:
> How come everytime I run 'fetchmail' it download the same e-mail already
> in my /var/mail/ folder? Here's my "~/.fetchmailrc" file
The answers lie in the rc file...

> --
> # Configuration created Sat Apr 15 14:18:33 2002 by fetchmailconf
> set postmaster "myself"
> # set bouncemail
> # set no spambounce
> # set nosyslog
>
> defaults
> limit 20000
> # fetchall
> keep # nokeep if wanna leave messages in the server
^^^^
Here you are telling it not to delete the mail.


> set no bouncemail
> set properties ""
>
> poll pop3.mailserver.net
> protocol pop3
> port 110
> user username
> password "password"
> to myself here
> antispam -1
> fetchall
^^^^^^^^
Here you are telling it to fetch _everything_.

> keep
^^^^
And here you again you stress, don't delete my mail.
The end result is that everything gets dl'd over and
over again.
HTH.

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