On Tue, Nov 30, 1999 at 11:49:37AM -0500, Brendan Cully mentioned:
> > The folder should be set to "New" if the server considers it to contain
> > RECENT messages, but this "New" flag should not be cleared until you
> > actually view the folder through the "index" screen - it should not be
> > cleared as soon as the folder status changes to UNSEEN.
> That makes perfect sense. In fact, that is what is does happen on most
> IMAP servers (eg I use UW-IMAP - that's why I never had a problem with
> the behaviour of "New" myself). Can you tell me which one you're
> using? It doesn't behave the same as most others - it seems to expect
> the mail client to cache \Recent information once it's been
> given. Doing that would be a big change.
> PS you can find out which IMAP server you're using by just telnetting
> to port 143 of your mailhost. The first line of greeting should give
> you the version string.
oracle1 [0] telnet gpo imap
Trying 192.168.1.2...
Connected to hercules.fv.digiserve.ie.
Escape character is '^]'.
* OK hercules.fv.digiserve.ie IMAP4rev1 v12.250 server ready
^]
telnet> quit
That's the same as you are using, yes ? Actually, it's unlikely to be.
This IMAP server has been patched to use Maildir format to store the
mailboxes. This could just be another artifact of Maildir/IMAP being
unhappy together. D'oh. So much for an easy solution.
John
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