Re: [fetchmail-users] Marking messages 'unread' in fetchmail

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

On 5/12/06, Balaji Krishnamoorthy <ba...@ti...> wrote:
>
>  I have fetchmail setup running to pull messages from the IMAP server
>  using procmail as the mda. I use mozilla as the mail client and use
>  procmail+fetchmail to run some scripts. I wish fetchmail should not mark
>  the messages as "read" after downloading them as my mozilla email client
>  doesn't recognize the new messages as unread.
>
>  Is there a option to specify in .fetchmailrc to mark the messages
>  "unread" in the server as I can view them as usual in the mozilla.

In short, no.  Fetchmail was written with the assumption that it would
be the only program accessing a mailbox.

You *might* find that if your ISP uses POP3 that you can use that
interface (ensuring you configure fetchmail with the "keep" and "uidl"
options) to achieve what you want.

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