[imp] imp does not mark mail as seen

Martin Fraser mdf at darksnow.net
Wed Oct 28 14:30:41 UTC 2009


Pedro Silva wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> When a user reads a mail message the mail in the inbox folder does not 
> appear marked as seen, even if the user selects the message and marks it 
> as seen in the drop down menu, when the inbox is reloaded it reappears 
> as unseen.
> 
> Any ideas?
> 
> Thanks,
> Pedro
> 

Have a look at the message using another mail client, like Thunderbird. 
That will tell you if IMP is not interpreting the seen flag, or not 
setting it.

Also, while there, see if Thunderbird can do it, which will tell you if 
it's an IMP problem or a server problem.

Good luck.

Martin...



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