This isn't really specifically "Perl" help. My issues is that I'm automating some stuff. I'm using Net::Pop3 which works like a dandy other than the fact that once I start deleting messages from the server, my script breaks (currently it remembers the last one it read, then starts from that +1). It it up to message 200, and I delete 150-200, then get another 30 or so mails, it won't read them b/c it starts reading at 201.

Looking at the mails, the only thing I can think of that will definitely work (considering I selectively delete emails) is to just check the date & time of each mail. I would have to read each mail to do this, which seems horribly inefficient... or at least will be once there's enough mails on the server.

Is my approach to this just way off?

In reply to Help w/ approach using Net::Pop3 by GaijinPunch

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