> Just curious if anyone knows of a method for determininig the status
> of mail messages in a users mailbox. ie. wether the message has
> already been read via the web interface or downloaded to a client?
> I would like to use a pop3 component to check a users mailbox without
> actually getting the mail and notify them if they have any "unread"
> messages.
As far as I know, it is not possible via POP3 to tell with certainty if a message has
been read. Sometimes, there will be an extra header "X-Status: U" if the message has
already been read, but I can't guarantee that it will always be there.
The only other way would be to hack into the IMail files for the user (Main.uid). I
certainly wouldn't recommend doing this, however, as all sorts of problems could crop
up.
-Scott
A little history: I am using an SQL DB for imail, which is the same username and
password that a user will use to login to my site. When a user logs into my site I
would like to check his mailbox for new messages and display a message on the users
personal page that he has unread mail. I am doing this right now, but whenever I
check for mail, it counts all of the messages in the mailbox whether the user has read
them or not.
In general how does Imail know when a user has viewed a message and display the open
mail icon?
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