Hi, It seems that IMAP flags can be changed in EXAMINE read-only mode. Luckily, messages cannot be expunged. This happens in both dovecot 1.0.12 and 1.1.rc3:
* OK Dovecot ready. 1 login *** *** 1 OK Logged in. 2 examine inbox * FLAGS (\Answered \Flagged \Deleted \Seen \Draft) * OK [PERMANENTFLAGS ()] Read-only mailbox. * 1 EXISTS * 1 RECENT * OK [UNSEEN 1] First unseen. * OK [UIDVALIDITY 1206865015] UIDs valid * OK [UIDNEXT 2] Predicted next UID 2 OK [READ-ONLY] Select completed. 3 fetch 1:* flags * 1 FETCH (FLAGS (\Recent)) 3 OK Fetch completed. 4 store 1:* +flags (\Deleted) * 1 FETCH (FLAGS (\Deleted \Recent)) 4 OK Store completed. 5 fetch 1:* flags * 1 FETCH (FLAGS (\Deleted \Recent)) 5 OK Fetch completed. 6 expunge 6 OK Expunge completed. 7 fetch 1:* flags * 1 FETCH (FLAGS (\Deleted \Recent)) 7 OK Fetch completed. Thanks, Ron ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ