[Dovecot] The Status: header is forced

[Olivier Tharan]

[ This belongs to an old thread so I keep extra info upfront ]

* Olivier Tharan <olive at pasteur.fr> (20040330 18:31):
> * Olivier Tharan <olive at pasteur.fr> (20040326 17:34):
> > I started testing dovecot for our next POP/IMAP server (nearing
> > production state), and noticed that the Status: header is always
> > added, with a value of 'O' or 'RO'. This happens in
> > `lib-index/mbox/mbox-rewrite.c'. This does not seem to happen in
> > the Maildir case.
> > 
> > Is the Status: header really needed in every case? This breaks
> > mutt which displays mails with a 'O' flag instead of 'N'.
> 
> Well, I fixed it with a procmail rule, as these headers are
> undoubtedly needed with other MUAs. I did not find any reference
> on which (IMAP software or mutt) have used this header first.

Sometimes it is good to read back some good old manual. My
problem is easily solved with a single keyword in the fetchmail
configuration file: 'dropstatus'.

-- 
olive