Erin Tomson writes: > > Hmmm. So \Recent only exists inside the imap server and > not in the file or the filename?
\Recent is an IMAP-specific curiosity. > Does it always default > to true unless it's been changed by the client? The IMAP server sets \Recent for any message it has never seen before, and must assign a new UID. > Is the correct behavior of an imap client to look at \Seen? It's up to the client. There is some semantical difference between mail that's newly arrived, and mail that arrived some time ago, but has not been read, but this is fine hair-splitting. But I doubt that many people really care. When a client resynchronizes against a folder, it already knows about anything that comes up new, it doesn't need to look at \Recent. > Why are there two flags? What is the distinction between > them? It's one of the peculiarities and nonsensical aspects of the IMAP protocol, and I've been flaming the confused individual who wrote it for the last three years. Not because of this particular item, really, but on general principles... -- Sam _______________________________________________________________ Don't miss the 2002 Sprint PCS Application Developer's Conference August 25-28 in Las Vegas -- http://devcon.sprintpcs.com/adp/index.cfm _______________________________________________ courier-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/courier-users
