diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 45d8fe86..329ee513 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Version 2.4.1-alpha.2+timestamp.2013.01.18.09.13.47
+Version 2.4.1-alpha.2+timestamp.2013.01.18.09.19.59
diff --git a/gluon/dal.py b/gluon/dal.py
index 72a135fe..b9e47944 100644
--- a/gluon/dal.py
+++ b/gluon/dal.py
@@ -6033,7 +6033,7 @@ class IMAPAdapter(NoSQLAdapter):
                         messages_set = messages_set[int(limitby[0]):int(limitby[1])]
 
                     # keep the requests small for header/flags
-                    if any([(field.name in ["content",
+                    if any([(field.name in ["content", "size",
                                             "attachments", "email"]) for 
                            field in fields]):
                         imap_fields = "(RFC822 FLAGS)"