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List:       c-client
Subject:    Re: IMAP STATUS unseen and deleted
From:       Mark Crispin <mrc () CAC ! Washington ! EDU>
Date:       2004-01-11 3:57:06
Message-ID: Pine.LNX.4.60.0401101954470.14186 () shiva1 ! cac ! washington ! edu
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On Sun, 11 Jan 2004, Ere Maijala wrote:
> Now, is EXAMINE + SEARCH the best way to get the number of unseen undeleted
> messages without selecting the mailbox?

EXAMINE is a type of SELECT; the main advantage is that it does not impact
\Recent flags.  You are correct though in believing that EXAMINE+SEARCH is
the only way to get the number of unseen undeleted messages.

-- Mark --

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