diff --git a/packages/backend/src/services/ingestion-connectors/ImapConnector.ts b/packages/backend/src/services/ingestion-connectors/ImapConnector.ts
index 3c3649e..46cfed9 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/services/ingestion-connectors/ImapConnector.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/services/ingestion-connectors/ImapConnector.ts
@@ -189,7 +189,10 @@ export class ImapConnector implements IEmailConnector {
 						currentMaxUid = lastMessage.uid;
 					}
 				}
-				this.newMaxUids[mailboxPath] = currentMaxUid;
+
+				// Initialize with last synced UID, not the maximum UID in mailbox
+				this.newMaxUids[mailboxPath] = lastUid || 0;
+
 
 				// Only fetch if the mailbox has messages, to avoid errors on empty mailboxes with some IMAP servers.
 				if (mailbox.exists > 0) {
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/services/ingestion-connectors/MicrosoftConnector.ts b/packages/backend/src/services/ingestion-connectors/MicrosoftConnector.ts
index bf290a0..911e202 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/services/ingestion-connectors/MicrosoftConnector.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/services/ingestion-connectors/MicrosoftConnector.ts
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ export class MicrosoftConnector implements IEmailConnector {
 			try {
 				const response = await this.graphClient
 					.api(requestUrl)
-					.select('id,conversationId,@removed')
+					.select('id,conversationId')
 					.get();
 
 				for (const message of response.value) {