Hello Jannik, Thursday, August 7, 2003, 11:37:07 PM, you wrote:
JL> Well, I guess the shortest description is this: "Recent" messages is JL> one thing and "Unread" messages is another. It is nice to be able to JL> distinguish between these in a mail program. New or recent messages JL> are automatically marked with a "Recent"-flag on IMAP-servers. Implementation can rather be tricky as the IMAP Recent flag is not a real flag (non-persistent). It is a virtual one. It gets tricky when multiple sessions are simultaneously established. *One* of them will show the new messages as "Recent", the other should not. Well of course it depends if there are implementation bugs or not in the IMAP server. If the IMAP client disconnect its session and re-opens a new one, the messages that where "Recent" the instant before won't be "Recent" anymore. If the disconnection / reconnection is for technical reasons out of the control or will of the user, supporting "Recent" flag becomes really tricky. This is one of the reasons it is often not supported (or not well supported) in IMAP clients. -- Best regards, Olivier Mascia The Bat! v2.0 Beta/1 (Only IMAP accounts) Windows XP 5.1 Build 2600 Service Pack 1 ________________________________________________________ Current beta is 2.0b1 | "Using TBBETA" information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
