I'll have to check through my system then. I know for sure that I had a tag or technique to get the message count in a mailbox.
> Just a quick follow-up: > > I asked the cfx_pop3 guys at www.web-architect.co.uk and they said that the POP3 protocol does not have the ability to determine whether a message is unread. To count unread messages, we will need to find something that can talk to the server through through IMAP. I'll look around and if I find anything I'll post it in case somebody finds it useful :-) > > Thanks for cfx_pop3 though Michael. Sounds like a great tool if we ever do need to play with POP3. > > Mike Mertsock > Alfred University > > >There's a tag in the gallery called CFX_Pop3 that has the ability to check the > >message count in a mailbox. > > > > > >> Hello readers, > >> > >> We're developing a portal (intranet) and thought it would be nice if it would > >display "You have X unread emails" when the user logs in. Looks like you cannot > >determine whether a message is unread using <cfpop>. I'm sure there are tons of > >things out there that will do this, maybe even some method using native CF > >functionality that I'm overlooking. Anybody have a favorite way of doing this? > >> > >> More details on what we're trying to do: > >> * We will only be hitting our in-house MS Exchange server > >> * 98% of users only use an IMAP (not POP) configuration with their mail > >clients, and we provide the Outlook Web Access software (also IMAP) for > >web-based access > >> * All we want to do is figure out how many unread messages the user has > >> > >> Thanks! > >> > >> Mike Mertsock > >> Alfred University Web Team > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm?link=t:4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm?link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com
