# POP3 polling: understanding dovecot log

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**Created:** [August 13, 2024, 8:04am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/pop3-polling-understanding-dovecot-log/321422 "2024-08-13T08:04:53Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 13, 2024, 8:04am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/pop3-polling-understanding-dovecot-log/321422/1 "2024-08-13T08:04:53Z")

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I’m catching up with POP3 polling and replaying by email features and starting to understand them.

But I’m falling at explaining what our POP3 server is recording in the log when Discourse connects. Could you help me to explain the paired lines `RETR/access` recorded in the POP3 server log every time Discourse connects to it? It happens, as expected by the value of `pop3 polling period mins`, every 5 minutes.

In the [attached file](https://meta.discourse.org/uploads/short-url/zItFSFQ7Hj30YHLUr4GIIoREjDy.txt) (21.2 KB), the lines recorded since the activation of both features and the first poll action.

Thanks for your help!

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