diff --git a/basice2e/clients.goldoutput/client20.txt b/basice2e/clients.goldoutput/client20.txt
index 2b10e4046835de371f6c155d4167bd3efefa75c4..6d51126e280be9854af4f996daf99ab4d6e94458 100644
--- a/basice2e/clients.goldoutput/client20.txt
+++ b/basice2e/clients.goldoutput/client20.txt
@@ -5,12 +5,6 @@ Sent: Hello from 20, without E2E Encryption
 Sent: Hello from 20, without E2E Encryption
 Sent: Hello from 20, without E2E Encryption
 Sent: Hello from 20, without E2E Encryption
-Sent: Hello from 20, without E2E Encryption
-Sent: Hello from 20, without E2E Encryption
-Sent: Hello from 20, without E2E Encryption
-Message received: Hello from 21, without E2E Encryption
-Message received: Hello from 21, without E2E Encryption
-Message received: Hello from 21, without E2E Encryption
 Message received: Hello from 21, without E2E Encryption
 Message received: Hello from 21, without E2E Encryption
 Message received: Hello from 21, without E2E Encryption
@@ -18,7 +12,7 @@ Message received: Hello from 21, without E2E Encryption
 Message received: Hello from 21, without E2E Encryption
 Message received: Hello from 21, without E2E Encryption
 Message received: Hello from 21, without E2E Encryption
-Received 10
+Received 7
 Sent: Hello from 20, without E2E Encryption
 Sent: Hello from 20, without E2E Encryption
 Sent: Hello from 20, without E2E Encryption
@@ -26,12 +20,6 @@ Sent: Hello from 20, without E2E Encryption
 Sent: Hello from 20, without E2E Encryption
 Sent: Hello from 20, without E2E Encryption
 Sent: Hello from 20, without E2E Encryption
-Sent: Hello from 20, without E2E Encryption
-Sent: Hello from 20, without E2E Encryption
-Sent: Hello from 20, without E2E Encryption
-Message received: Hello from 21, without E2E Encryption
-Message received: Hello from 21, without E2E Encryption
-Message received: Hello from 21, without E2E Encryption
 Message received: Hello from 21, without E2E Encryption
 Message received: Hello from 21, without E2E Encryption
 Message received: Hello from 21, without E2E Encryption
@@ -39,4 +27,4 @@ Message received: Hello from 21, without E2E Encryption
 Message received: Hello from 21, without E2E Encryption
 Message received: Hello from 21, without E2E Encryption
 Message received: Hello from 21, without E2E Encryption
-Received 10
+Received 7
diff --git a/basice2e/run.sh b/basice2e/run.sh
index 4221c474dcf61fa99a8e2020b247e72797d2819b..0e95dabe9936e055164b203cd6edf862a2041a54 100755
--- a/basice2e/run.sh
+++ b/basice2e/run.sh
@@ -272,11 +272,11 @@ then
 
     echo "FORCING MESSAGE PICKUP RETRY... (NON-E2E, PRECAN)"
     # Higher timeouts for this test to allow message pickup retry to function
-    CLIENTCMD="timeout 300s ../bin/client $CLIENTOPTS --forceMessagePickupRetry --unsafe -l $CLIENTOUT/client20.log -s blob20 --sendid 20 --destid 21 --sendCount 10 --receiveCount 10 -m \"Hello from 20, without E2E Encryption\""
+    CLIENTCMD="timeout 300s ../bin/client $CLIENTOPTS --forceMessagePickupRetry --unsafe -l $CLIENTOUT/client20.log -s blob20 --sendid 20 --destid 21 --sendCount 7 --receiveCount 7 -m \"Hello from 20, without E2E Encryption\""
     eval $CLIENTCMD >> $CLIENTOUT/client20.txt || true &
     PIDVAL=$!
     echo "$CLIENTCMD -- $PIDVAL"
-    CLIENTCMD="timeout 300s ../bin/client $CLIENTOPTS --forceMessagePickupRetry --unsafe -l $CLIENTOUT/client21.log -s blob21 --sendid 21 --destid 20 --sendCount 10 --receiveCount 10 -m \"Hello from 21, without E2E Encryption\""
+    CLIENTCMD="timeout 300s ../bin/client $CLIENTOPTS --forceMessagePickupRetry --unsafe -l $CLIENTOUT/client21.log -s blob21 --sendid 21 --destid 20 --sendCount 7 --receiveCount 7 -m \"Hello from 21, without E2E Encryption\""
     eval $CLIENTCMD >> $CLIENTOUT/client21.txt || true &
     PIDVAL2=$!
     echo "$CLIENTCMD -- $PIDVAL"
@@ -404,11 +404,11 @@ wait $PIDVAL2
 
 echo "FORCING MESSAGE PICKUP RETRY... "
 # Higher timeouts for this test to allow message pickup retry to function
-CLIENTCMD="timeout 300s ../bin/client $CLIENTOPTS --forceMessagePickupRetry -l $CLIENTOUT/client20.log -s blob20 --sendid 20 --destid 21 --sendCount 10 --receiveCount 10 -m \"Hello from 20, without E2E Encryption\""
+CLIENTCMD="timeout 300s ../bin/client $CLIENTOPTS --forceMessagePickupRetry -l $CLIENTOUT/client20.log -s blob20 --sendid 20 --destid 21 --sendCount 7 --receiveCount 7 -m \"Hello from 20, without E2E Encryption\""
 eval $CLIENTCMD >> $CLIENTOUT/client20.txt || true &
 PIDVAL=$!
 echo "$CLIENTCMD -- $PIDVAL"
-CLIENTCMD="timeout 300s ../bin/client $CLIENTOPTS --forceMessagePickupRetry -l $CLIENTOUT/client21.log -s blob21 --sendid 21 --destid 20 --sendCount 10 --receiveCount 10 -m \"Hello from 21, without E2E Encryption\""
+CLIENTCMD="timeout 300s ../bin/client $CLIENTOPTS --forceMessagePickupRetry -l $CLIENTOUT/client21.log -s blob21 --sendid 21 --destid 20 --sendCount 7 --receiveCount 7 -m \"Hello from 21, without E2E Encryption\""
 eval $CLIENTCMD >> $CLIENTOUT/client21.txt || true &
 PIDVAL2=$!
 echo "$CLIENTCMD -- $PIDVAL"