Hi Rob, tnx for your answer > On Sun, 16 Nov 2003, Christian Beilstein wrote: > >> Is it possible to set the read/unread flag per message (global)? We've got some >> shared mailboxes (for some kind of workflow) where the other users should see >> whether the owner has read (or e.g. >> answered) an email or not. Is it possible to change the default behavior of cyrus >> (in my case cyrus 2.0.16, running on SuSE Linux 8.0) by configuration file or do I >> have to change the source? >> If yes; how difficult would that be? > > Not easily, but you have a few options here. If what matters is the *answered* > state, > then you can just used the answered flag, which *is* shared.
both flags do matter; the second user should see eg inbox exactely the same way the owner does. Is that attainable? > Otherwise, you can use a user flag, which are also shared. Only the seen state > isn't shared. What do you mean with "a user flag"? How do I use it? > > -Rob > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Rob Siemborski > * Andrew Systems Group * Cyert Hall 207 * 412-268-7456 Research Systems Programmer * > /usr/contributed > Gatekeeper Christian