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List:       imap
Subject:    Re: FETCH and \Seen flag
From:       ber <smith () panix ! com>
Date:       2002-09-20 17:17:00
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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.
>
>
>

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