Re: Patch to conditionally set IMAP \Seen flag

On Wed, Jan 9, 2019 at 7:48 AM Charles Cazabon <
[email protected]> wrote:

> Robert Tsai <[email protected]> wrote:
> > >
> > > I *think* what you're saying is that you've configured getmail to pull
> > > mail from a Gmail-specific virtual IMAP folder which consists of
> messages
> > > that have the NotBackedUp label applied to them.  getmail sets \Seen
> and
> > > \Deleted on the messages after retrieving them, to delete them.  But
> > > Gmail's magic folder/label confusion causes the copy of the message in
> > > your INBOX to *also* be marked read.
> > >
> > > Do I understand you correctly?
> >
> > Yes, that is exactly it. Marking a message as \Seen in the NotBackedUp
> > "folder" also causes the same message in "Inbox" to also be marked read.
>
> Unfortunately, your problem is due entirely to Gmail's nonstandard
> extensions
> to IMAP - the folder/label confusion.  As Google/Gmail have for years now
>

I understand the problem, and understand your response (especially the
"just add another option").

Thanks for your response,
--Rob