Re: [bug-mailutils] Re: Wrong flag definition in maildir code?

[Sergey Poznyakoff]

Kamil Jońca <address@hidden> ha escrit:

> Done, but when fetch some only *\Seen*, but not *\Answered* messages,
> they got "R" suffix in maildir - which is wrong; they should get only
> "S" suffix.

This will need some more work, then.

> > in Mailutils (assuming that a message replied has been read anyway).
> 
> I think rather 'R' is simply MU_ATTRIBUTE_ANSWERED 
> 
> Moreover I don't know where is used "Read" flag
> maildir, imap and probably pop3 - uses only 'Seen', I think.
> What about mbox and mh?

pop3 is out of question - it is a simplistic protocol that does not
offer much possibilities apart from downloading entire mailbox.

IMAP4 *does* have "Read" flag, which it calls "\Seen".  According to
RFC 3501, section 2.3.2 "Flags Message Attribute":

<quote>
  The currently-defined system flags are:

        \Seen
           Message has been read
  ...
</quote>
  
Both UNIX mbox and MH also have this attribute.

Regards,
Sergey