On Thu, 2013-03-28 at 14:56 +0100, Lutz Preßler wrote: > Hello, > > (2.2:) there is no doveadm subcommand to change flags of messages, is it?
Nope. > The following should work reliably? > > # mark messages with subject $SUBJECT in mailbox $MAILBOX of user $USERID as > read > ( i=2 > echo "1 SELECT "$MAILBOX > doveadm search -u $USERID mailbox $MAILBOX subject "$SUBJECT" \ > | while read g u > do > echo $i" UID STORE "$u" flags (\Seen)" > i=$((i+1)); > done > echo "0 LOGOUT" > ) | /usr/lib/dovecot/imap -u $USERID I guess it does, but a much easier way: printf "a select $MAILBOX\nb search return (save) subject \"$SUBJECT \""\n3 store $ +flags \\seen\n" | doveadm exec imap -u $USERID You probably want +flags, not flags, so it won't touch non-seen flags.
