Re: [fetchmail-users] "Seen" status disappears everytime [Resending]

[Rob M. <rob...@gm...>]

On 4/21/06, Ratan Nalumasu <nal...@ya...> wrote:
> Hi
>
> I read the FAQ, man pages and tried several settings to solve a
> simple problem "how to retain Seen flag when fetching mail with
> fetchmail" and met with complete failure.
>
> The problem is that when I read the mail on the server using
> elm, mailx, or squrrelmail, they all agree on what message is
> previously read and what is not. However, when I fetch the mail
> using fetchmail, those status bits are disappearing. I am
> attaching my .fetchmailrc, the contents of the mailbox before
> the fetchmail, output of "fetchmail -v -v", and the mailbox
> after the mail is fetched. Any help is welcome.

Fetchmail keeps track locally of the email it's fetched.  This is
because fetchmail is *NOT* designed as an MUA, but to download remote
mailboxes.

In short, fetchmail is not designed for what you're trying to do
(though you don't say *why* you're trying to do it).

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