Re: Patch to conditionally set IMAP \Seen flag

On 2019-01-09 16:13, Robert Tsai wrote:
> 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

I wondered about this myself ( getting gmails with getmail locally and 
maybe reading them on a phone if out ) and gave up.
for me deleted mails are still kept in ALL MAIL on google servers which 
I then go into their webpage and delete and then again delete them from 
bin.
The only answer I could think of was having local mail server accessible 
from the internet but I didn't want the hassle.

mick

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