diff --git a/src/imap.c b/src/imap.c
index ebd82dba..9f225180 100644
--- a/src/imap.c
+++ b/src/imap.c
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ void imap_expunge_message(struct data *data){
 }
 
 
-int process_imap_folder(char *folder, struct session_data *sdata, struct data *data, struct config *cfg){
+int process_imap_folder(char *folder, struct session_data *sdata, struct data *data, struct counters *counters, struct config *cfg){
    int i, messages=0;
 
    messages = imap_select_cmd_on_folder(folder, data);
@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@ int process_imap_folder(char *folder, struct session_data *sdata, struct data *d
          if(data->quiet == 0){ printf("processed: %7d [%3d%%]\r", data->import->processed_messages, 100*i/messages); fflush(stdout); }
 
          if(data->import->dryrun == 0){
-            int rc = import_message(sdata, data, cfg);
+            int rc = import_message(sdata, data, counters, cfg);
 
             if(data->import->remove_after_import == 1 && rc == OK){
                imap_delete_message(data, i);
diff --git a/src/import.c b/src/import.c
index 6e3d3319..ceffa8d9 100644
--- a/src/import.c
+++ b/src/import.c
@@ -18,12 +18,11 @@
 #include <piler.h>
 
 
-int import_message(struct session_data *sdata, struct data *data, struct config *cfg){
+int import_message(struct session_data *sdata, struct data *data, struct counters *counters, struct config *cfg){
    int rc=ERR;
    char *rule;
    struct stat st;
    struct parser_state state;
-   struct counters counters;
 
    if(data->import->delay > 0){
       struct timespec req;
@@ -122,24 +121,27 @@ int import_message(struct session_data *sdata, struct data *data, struct config
 
    switch(rc) {
       case OK:
-                        bzero(&counters, sizeof(counters));
-                        counters.c_rcvd = 1;
-                        counters.c_size += sdata->tot_len;
-                        counters.c_stored_size = sdata->stored_len;
-                        update_counters(sdata, data, &counters, cfg);
+                        counters->c_rcvd++;
+                        counters->c_size += sdata->tot_len;
+                        counters->c_stored_size += sdata->stored_len;
 
                         break;
 
       case ERR_EXISTS:
                         rc = OK;
 
-                        bzero(&counters, sizeof(counters));
-                        counters.c_duplicate = 1;
-                        update_counters(sdata, data, &counters, cfg);
+                        counters->c_duplicate++;
 
                         if(data->quiet == 0) printf("duplicate: %s (duplicate id: %llu)\n", data->import->filename, sdata->duplicate_id);
                         break;
 
+      case ERR_DISCARDED:
+                        rc = OK;
+
+                        counters->c_ignore++;
+
+                        break;
+
       default:
                         printf("failed to import: %s (id: %s)\n", data->import->filename, sdata->ttmpfile);
                         break;
diff --git a/src/import.h b/src/import.h
index 6f0f112d..dbdc46d0 100644
--- a/src/import.h
+++ b/src/import.h
@@ -6,23 +6,23 @@
    #define _IMPORT_H
 
 
-int import_message(struct session_data *sdata, struct data *data, struct config *cfg);
+int import_message(struct session_data *sdata, struct data *data, struct counters *counters, struct config *cfg);
 int update_import_table(struct session_data *sdata, struct data *data);
 
-int import_from_maildir(struct session_data *sdata, struct data *data, char *directory, struct config *cfg);
-int import_from_mailbox(char *mailbox, struct session_data *sdata, struct data *data, struct config *cfg);
-int import_mbox_from_dir(char *directory, struct session_data *sdata, struct data *data, struct config *cfg);
-void import_from_pop3_server(struct session_data *sdata, struct data *data, struct config *cfg);
-int import_from_imap_server(struct session_data *sdata, struct data *data, struct config *cfg);
+int import_from_maildir(struct session_data *sdata, struct data *data, char *directory, struct counters *counters, struct config *cfg);
+int import_from_mailbox(char *mailbox, struct session_data *sdata, struct data *data, struct counters *counters, struct config *cfg);
+int import_mbox_from_dir(char *directory, struct session_data *sdata, struct data *data, struct counters *counters, struct config *cfg);
+void import_from_pop3_server(struct session_data *sdata, struct data *data, struct counters *counters, struct config *cfg);
+int import_from_imap_server(struct session_data *sdata, struct data *data, struct counters *counters, struct config *cfg);
 
 int connect_to_pop3_server(struct data *data);
-void process_pop3_emails(struct session_data *sdata, struct data *data, struct config *cfg);
+void process_pop3_emails(struct session_data *sdata, struct data *data, struct counters *counters, struct config *cfg);
 
 int connect_to_imap_server(struct data *data);
 int list_folders(struct data *data);
-int process_imap_folder(char *folder, struct session_data *sdata, struct data *data, struct config *cfg);
+int process_imap_folder(char *folder, struct session_data *sdata, struct data *data, struct counters *counters, struct config *cfg);
 void send_imap_close(struct data *data);
 
-void import_from_pilerexport(struct session_data *sdata, struct data *data, struct config *cfg);
+void import_from_pilerexport(struct session_data *sdata, struct data *data, struct counters *counters, struct config *cfg);
 
 #endif /* _IMPORT_H */
diff --git a/src/import_imap.c b/src/import_imap.c
index 7804767e..1ab71333 100644
--- a/src/import_imap.c
+++ b/src/import_imap.c
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 #include <piler.h>
 
 
-int import_from_imap_server(struct session_data *sdata, struct data *data, struct config *cfg){
+int import_from_imap_server(struct session_data *sdata, struct data *data, struct counters *counters, struct config *cfg){
    int i, rc=ERR, ret=OK, skipmatch;
    char port_string[8], puf[SMALLBUFSIZE];
    struct addrinfo hints, *res;
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ int import_from_imap_server(struct session_data *sdata, struct data *data, struc
             else {
                if(data->quiet == 0) printf("processing folder: %s... ", (char *)q->str);
 
-               if(process_imap_folder(q->str, sdata, data, cfg) == ERR) ret = ERR;
+               if(process_imap_folder(q->str, sdata, data, counters, cfg) == ERR) ret = ERR;
             }
 
          }
diff --git a/src/import_mailbox.c b/src/import_mailbox.c
index 376408fa..f0d74013 100644
--- a/src/import_mailbox.c
+++ b/src/import_mailbox.c
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 #include <piler.h>
 
 
-int import_from_mailbox(char *mailbox, struct session_data *sdata, struct data *data, struct config *cfg){
+int import_from_mailbox(char *mailbox, struct session_data *sdata, struct data *data, struct counters *counters, struct config *cfg){
    FILE *F, *f=NULL;
    int rc=ERR, tot_msgs=0, ret=OK;
    char buf[MAXBUFSIZE];
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ int import_from_mailbox(char *mailbox, struct session_data *sdata, struct data *
          if(f){
             fclose(f);
             f = NULL;
-            rc = import_message(sdata, data, cfg);
+            rc = import_message(sdata, data, counters, cfg);
             if(rc == ERR){
                printf("error importing: '%s'\n", data->import->filename);
                ret = ERR;
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ int import_from_mailbox(char *mailbox, struct session_data *sdata, struct data *
 
    if(f){
       fclose(f);
-      rc = import_message(sdata, data, cfg);
+      rc = import_message(sdata, data, counters, cfg);
       if(rc == ERR){
          printf("ERROR: error importing: '%s'\n", data->import->filename);
          ret = ERR;
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ int import_from_mailbox(char *mailbox, struct session_data *sdata, struct data *
 }
 
 
-int import_mbox_from_dir(char *directory, struct session_data *sdata, struct data *data, struct config *cfg){
+int import_mbox_from_dir(char *directory, struct session_data *sdata, struct data *data, struct counters *counters, struct config *cfg){
    DIR *dir;
    struct dirent *de;
    int rc=ERR, ret=OK, i=0;
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ int import_mbox_from_dir(char *directory, struct session_data *sdata, struct dat
       if(stat(fname, &st) == 0){
          if(S_ISDIR(st.st_mode)){
             folder = data->folder;
-            rc = import_mbox_from_dir(fname, sdata, data, cfg);
+            rc = import_mbox_from_dir(fname, sdata, data, counters, cfg);
             data->folder = folder;
             if(rc == ERR) ret = ERR;
          }
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ int import_mbox_from_dir(char *directory, struct session_data *sdata, struct dat
 
                }
 
-               rc = import_from_mailbox(fname, sdata, data, cfg);
+               rc = import_from_mailbox(fname, sdata, data, counters, cfg);
                if(rc == OK) (data->import->tot_msgs)++;
                else ret = ERR;
 
diff --git a/src/import_maildir.c b/src/import_maildir.c
index ced1cafa..f4bd1e1c 100644
--- a/src/import_maildir.c
+++ b/src/import_maildir.c
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 #include <piler.h>
 
 
-int import_from_maildir(struct session_data *sdata, struct data *data, char *directory, struct config *cfg){
+int import_from_maildir(struct session_data *sdata, struct data *data, char *directory, struct counters *counters, struct config *cfg){
    DIR *dir;
    struct dirent *de;
    int rc=ERR, ret=OK, i=0;
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ int import_from_maildir(struct session_data *sdata, struct data *data, char *dir
          if(S_ISDIR(st.st_mode)){
             folder = data->folder;
             snprintf(subdir, sizeof(subdir)-1, "%s", data->import->filename);
-            rc = import_from_maildir(sdata, data, subdir, cfg);
+            rc = import_from_maildir(sdata, data, subdir, counters, cfg);
             data->folder = folder;
             if(rc == ERR) ret = ERR;
          }
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ int import_from_maildir(struct session_data *sdata, struct data *data, char *dir
 
                }
 
-               rc = import_message(sdata, data, cfg);
+               rc = import_message(sdata, data, counters, cfg);
 
                if(rc == OK) (data->import->tot_msgs)++;
                else if(rc == ERR){
diff --git a/src/import_pilerexport.c b/src/import_pilerexport.c
index eb40692e..9f5add05 100644
--- a/src/import_pilerexport.c
+++ b/src/import_pilerexport.c
@@ -22,21 +22,21 @@
 #include <piler.h>
 
 
-void import_the_file(struct session_data *sdata, struct data *data, struct config *cfg){
+void import_the_file(struct session_data *sdata, struct data *data, struct counters *counters, struct config *cfg){
    close(data->import->fd);
    data->import->fd = -1;
 
-   if(import_message(sdata, data, cfg) != ERR){
+   if(import_message(sdata, data, counters, cfg) != ERR){
       unlink(data->import->filename);
    }
 }
 
 
-void process_buffer(char *buf, int buflen, uint64 *count, struct session_data *sdata, struct data *data, struct config *cfg){
+void process_buffer(char *buf, int buflen, uint64 *count, struct session_data *sdata, struct data *data, struct counters *counters, struct config *cfg){
 
    if(!strcmp(buf, PILEREXPORT_BEGIN_MARK)){
       if((*count) > 0){
-         import_the_file(sdata, data, cfg);
+         import_the_file(sdata, data, counters, cfg);
       }
 
       (*count)++;
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ void process_buffer(char *buf, int buflen, uint64 *count, struct session_data *s
 }
 
 
-void import_from_pilerexport(struct session_data *sdata, struct data *data, struct config *cfg){
+void import_from_pilerexport(struct session_data *sdata, struct data *data, struct counters *counters, struct config *cfg){
    int n, rc, nullbyte, savedlen=0, puflen;
    uint64 count=0;
    char *p, copybuf[2*BIGBUFSIZE+1], buf[BIGBUFSIZE], savedbuf[BIGBUFSIZE], puf[BIGBUFSIZE];
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ void import_from_pilerexport(struct session_data *sdata, struct data *data, stru
 
          if(puflen > 0){
             if(rc == OK){
-               process_buffer(puf, puflen, &count, sdata, data, cfg);
+               process_buffer(puf, puflen, &count, sdata, data, counters, cfg);
             }
             else {
                snprintf(savedbuf, sizeof(savedbuf)-1, "%s", puf);
@@ -109,6 +109,6 @@ void import_from_pilerexport(struct session_data *sdata, struct data *data, stru
    } while(n > 0);
 
    if(data->import->fd != -1){
-      import_the_file(sdata, data, cfg);
+      import_the_file(sdata, data, counters, cfg);
    }
 }
diff --git a/src/import_pop3.c b/src/import_pop3.c
index a324ba22..70f78d50 100644
--- a/src/import_pop3.c
+++ b/src/import_pop3.c
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 #include <piler.h>
 
 
-void import_from_pop3_server(struct session_data *sdata, struct data *data, struct config *cfg){
+void import_from_pop3_server(struct session_data *sdata, struct data *data, struct counters *counters, struct config *cfg){
    int rc;
    char port_string[8];
    struct addrinfo hints, *res;
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ void import_from_pop3_server(struct session_data *sdata, struct data *data, stru
       goto ENDE_POP3;
    }
 
-   process_pop3_emails(sdata, data, cfg);
+   process_pop3_emails(sdata, data, counters, cfg);
 
    close_connection(data->net);
 
diff --git a/src/pilerimport.c b/src/pilerimport.c
index 711e89df..87cd3847 100644
--- a/src/pilerimport.c
+++ b/src/pilerimport.c
@@ -75,6 +75,9 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv){
    struct data data;
    struct import import;
    struct net net;
+   struct counters counters;
+
+   bzero(&counters, sizeof(counters));
 
    for(i=0; i<MBOX_ARGS; i++) mbox[i] = NULL;
 
@@ -384,18 +387,18 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv){
 
    load_mydomains(&sdata, &data, &cfg);
 
-   if(data.import->filename[0] != '\0') import_message(&sdata, &data, &cfg);
+   if(data.import->filename[0] != '\0') import_message(&sdata, &data, &counters, &cfg);
 
    if(mbox[0]){
       for(i=0; i<n_mbox; i++){
-         import_from_mailbox(mbox[i], &sdata, &data, &cfg);
+         import_from_mailbox(mbox[i], &sdata, &data, &counters, &cfg);
       }
    }
-   if(data.import->mboxdir) import_mbox_from_dir(data.import->mboxdir, &sdata, &data, &cfg);
-   if(directory) import_from_maildir(&sdata, &data, directory, &cfg);
-   if(imapserver) import_from_imap_server(&sdata, &data, &cfg);
-   if(pop3server) import_from_pop3_server(&sdata, &data, &cfg);
-   if(read_from_pilerexport) import_from_pilerexport(&sdata, &data, &cfg);
+   if(data.import->mboxdir) import_mbox_from_dir(data.import->mboxdir, &sdata, &data, &counters, &cfg);
+   if(directory) import_from_maildir(&sdata, &data, directory, &counters, &cfg);
+   if(imapserver) import_from_imap_server(&sdata, &data, &counters, &cfg);
+   if(pop3server) import_from_pop3_server(&sdata, &data, &counters, &cfg);
+   if(read_from_pilerexport) import_from_pilerexport(&sdata, &data, &counters, &cfg);
 
    clearrules(data.archiving_rules);
    clearrules(data.retention_rules);
@@ -403,6 +406,10 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv){
 
    clearhash(data.mydomains);
 
+   update_counters(&sdata, &data, &counters, &cfg);
+
+   syslog(LOG_PRIORITY, "imported=%lld, duplicated=%lld, discarded=%lld", counters.c_rcvd, counters.c_duplicate, counters.c_ignore);
+
    close_database(&sdata);
 
    if(cfg.rtindex) close_sphx(&sdata);
diff --git a/src/pop3.c b/src/pop3.c
index 94137fd3..d290c020 100644
--- a/src/pop3.c
+++ b/src/pop3.c
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ void pop3_delete_message(struct data *data, int i){
 }
 
 
-void process_pop3_emails(struct session_data *sdata, struct data *data, struct config *cfg){
+void process_pop3_emails(struct session_data *sdata, struct data *data, struct counters *counters, struct config *cfg){
    char buf[MAXBUFSIZE];
 
    data->import->processed_messages = 0;
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ void process_pop3_emails(struct session_data *sdata, struct data *data, struct c
          if(data->quiet == 0){ printf("processed: %7d [%3d%%]\r", data->import->processed_messages, 100*i/data->import->total_messages); fflush(stdout); }
 
          if(data->import->dryrun == 0){
-            int rc = import_message(sdata, data, cfg);
+            int rc = import_message(sdata, data, counters, cfg);
 
             if(data->import->remove_after_import == 1 && rc == OK){
                pop3_delete_message(data, i);