[Evolution-users] Duplicate Messages

[Patrick O'Callaghan]

On Fri, 2022-12-16 at 22:43 -0800, Jonathan Ryshpan wrote:
> > You can also add a UID column into the message list, those messages
> > should have different UID, in which case they are "physically" on
> > the
> > server.
> What is the UID?

The UID (Unique Message Identifier) is generated by the IMAP server.
Two otherwise identical messages will always have different UIDs. If
the UIDs are the same, it's (by definition) the same message on the
server, and the apparent duplicate is a local problem.

poc