I consider this not as a bug but as a feature request. It is also inapprorpiate to put it here into Ubuntu as a bug, when it is abundantly clear that the developer does not consider it a bug, has stated that he has no intentions to change the code - however trivial it might seem - and has given technical reasons for why he considers his opinion as the better one.
The rantiness of the poster above is not helpful. ** Changed in: getmail4 (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/737206 Title: messages on IMAP server are marked as read after retrieving -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs