[Dovecot] Where are flags stored?

Adam Pordzik ap at d-dt.de
Mon Jan 10 03:04:12 EET 2005


Adam Pordzik schrieb:

 > Hello Timo,
 >
 >> This is mail store specific. With maildir the seen flag is stored in
 >> maildir file name (http://cr.yp.to/proto/maildir.html), with mbox it's
 >> stored in R flag in Status-header.
 >
 > Like "Status: RO" in Header? Hmm. I tried setting all Messages in my
 > INBOX as read, but grepping for this "grep '^Status:' /vat/mail/adam"
 > only returned "Status: RO".

Oh! After sending this mesages, and thus closing the connection between 
the Client and Dovecot, it tells me: "Status: O". Apperently dovecot 
buffers this until connection ends (or closing this mbox)

 >>> My goal is to mark spam or other filtered by procmail as "seen", so 
that
 >>> dovecot doesn't notify MUAs about new mail in IDLE mode.
 >>
 >> It doesn't matter if message is seen or not, Dovecot still notifies
 >> client.
 >
 > And (how) can I prevent dovecot from doing so?



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