now, if i have 25 messages then only 2 or 3 messages are returned and it appears as if the manager cant see the first few messages

The manager is not the one who is checking the messages: the $pop is a Mail::Box::POP3 object. This is a problem which has not been reported to the Mail::Box mailinglist, and therefore there may be some configuration issue at stake... there may also be a server problem.

One cause comes in mind. If the folder on the server is an mbox folder, the messages are separated by lines starting with 'From '. These lines show some differences between implementations. It may be possible that your user client recognizes more separators than your pop server does. Have a look at the pop3 logs on the server...

In reply to Re: getting list of all POP3 messages by Anonymous Monk
in thread getting list of all POP3 messages by KZ

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