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@@ -2012,6 +2012,10 @@ UIDs will not work; the UIDL-handling code will core-dump while trying
to read in what it sees as malformed .fetchids lines, typically
on the second poll after startup.
.PP
+The UIDL code is generally flaky and tends to lose its state on errors
+and line drops (so that old messages are re-seen). If this happens to
+you, switch to IMAP4.
+.PP
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