well, there is some problem. i have used 3 modules i.e Net::POP3 , Mail::Box::POP3 and Mail::POP3Client and all of them return the same no. of messages( that is not correct,not all messages are counted). i have no idea as to what the problem is, may be its gotta do something with the management of mails on our server, but i really need a solution to this problem plz help