On Thu, 11 Sep 2003, Etienne Goyer wrote: > Sorry for this OT message. I have a question about IMAP-the-protocol, > and I guessed tis is where I had the better chance of a good answer.
You can also try the IMAP protocol list itself (see www.imap.org). > It's very simple actually. From a program I am writing, I want to know > how many messages in a mailbox are read or not. I guess I must must > somehow query for the \Seen flag. While I am at it, why not make it > generic and query how many messages in a mailbox have a particuliar flag > set. > > So my question is : what would an IMAP client send to determine how many > message in a particuliar mailbox have a particuliar flag setted ? Is it > possible to reverse this and ask how many messages *don't* have a > particuliar flag setted ? If you just need a count, you can issue the status command: x status INBOX (UNSEEN) * STATUS INBOX (UNSEEN 204) x OK Completed If you want the messages themselves, use search: z select INBOX y search UNSEEN * SEARCH 1022 1355 1410 1484 1534 1579 1652 1737 1738 1753 1759 1787 1805 .... 4038 4039 4042 4051 4054 4058 4060 4066 4069 4088 4097 y OK Completed (204 msgs in 0.000 secs) -Rob -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Rob Siemborski * Andrew Systems Group * Cyert Hall 207 * 412-268-7456 Research Systems Programmer * /usr/contributed Gatekeeper
