diff --git a/src/config.h b/src/config.h
index af0612fc..cd9f7cfc 100644
--- a/src/config.h
+++ b/src/config.h
@@ -12,9 +12,9 @@
 #define PROGNAME "piler"
 #define PILERGETD_PROGNAME "pilergetd"
 
-#define VERSION "1.1.1-rc1"
+#define VERSION "1.2.0-pre"
 
-#define BUILD 886
+#define BUILD 887
 
 #define HOSTID "mailarchiver"
 
diff --git a/src/defs.h b/src/defs.h
index 4faef028..90c86a40 100644
--- a/src/defs.h
+++ b/src/defs.h
@@ -270,6 +270,7 @@ struct import {
    int total_messages;
    int processed_messages;
    int batch_processing_limit;
+   int start_position;
    int import_job_id;
    int remove_after_import;
    int keep_eml;
diff --git a/src/pilerimport.c b/src/pilerimport.c
index f965589b..0e8ec802 100644
--- a/src/pilerimport.c
+++ b/src/pilerimport.c
@@ -488,6 +488,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv){
    import.import_job_id = import.total_messages = import.total_size = import.processed_messages = import.batch_processing_limit = 0;
    import.started = import.updated = import.finished = import.remove_after_import = 0;
    import.extra_recipient = NULL;
+   import.start_position = 1;
 
    data.import = &import;
 
@@ -515,6 +516,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv){
             {"folder_imap",  required_argument,  0,  'f' },
             {"add-recipient",required_argument,  0,  'a' },
             {"batch-limit",  required_argument,  0,  'b' },
+            {"start-position",required_argument,  0,  's' },
             {"quiet",        no_argument,        0,  'q' },
             {"recursive",    required_argument,  0,  'R' },
             {"remove-after-import",no_argument,  0,  'r' },
@@ -526,9 +528,9 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv){
 
       int option_index = 0;
 
-      c = getopt_long(argc, argv, "c:m:M:e:d:i:K:u:p:P:x:F:f:a:b:GDRrqh?", long_options, &option_index);
+      c = getopt_long(argc, argv, "c:m:M:e:d:i:K:u:p:P:x:F:f:a:b:s:GDRrqh?", long_options, &option_index);
 #else
-      c = getopt(argc, argv, "c:m:M:e:d:i:K:u:p:P:x:F:f:a:b:GDRrqh?");
+      c = getopt(argc, argv, "c:m:M:e:d:i:K:u:p:P:x:F:f:a:b:s:GDRrqh?");
 #endif
 
       if(c == -1) break;
@@ -605,6 +607,15 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv){
                     data.import->batch_processing_limit = atoi(optarg);
                     break;
 
+         case 's' :
+                    if(atoi(optarg) < 1){
+                       printf("invalid start position: %s\n", optarg);
+                       return -1;
+                    }
+
+                    data.import->start_position = atoi(optarg);
+                    break;
+
          case 'a' :
                     data.import->extra_recipient = optarg;
                     break;
diff --git a/src/pop3.c b/src/pop3.c
index 2909451b..ebed017f 100644
--- a/src/pop3.c
+++ b/src/pop3.c
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ int process_pop3_emails(int sd, struct session_data *sdata, struct __data *data,
 
    if(data->import->total_messages <= 0) return OK;
 
-   for(i=1; i<=data->import->total_messages; i++){
+   for(i=data->import->start_position; i<=data->import->total_messages; i++){
       data->import->processed_messages++;
       printf("processed: %7d\r", data->import->processed_messages); fflush(stdout);