Yes, it of course makes sense. I misinterpreted "No changes to the
permanent state of the mailbox, including per-user state, are
permitted" thinking somehow permanent and per-user where distinct and
per-user ~= per-client. I should have just tested it with a second
client to see what was happening.
Thanks again.
brian
On Friday, September 20, 2002, at 12:07 PM, Mark Crispin wrote:
> On Fri, 20 Sep 2002 03:45:44 -0400, ber wrote:
>> Having
>> opened INBOX with EXAMINE and FETCHed a message it
>> seems the \Seen flag was added. I thought EXAMINE wouldn't change the
>> state.
>
> In your example, \Seen is not listed as a PERMANENTFLAG. Therefore,
> any
> changes to \Seen take place in the session only, and not in the mailbox
> itself.
>
> If you think about it, it makes sense. Just because you are examining
> a
> mailbox doesn't mean that you don't want to keep track of what you've
> read in
> your client. You just don't want the mailbox to change.
>
>
>
