How to get unread messages

Question

Hi,
I have the following code
Folder folder=store.getFolder("INBOX");
Message[] message=folder.getMessages();
The getMessages method is supposed to return all the messages from inbox,but I only get new messages.I can read the new message but,how can I mark the message that I already read.When I run my program,it always reads all the new messages.What I mean is,in outlook,all the new messages are highlighted,my program can always read those.How can I make the message without highlight.I am using POP3 for incoming mail.
Thanks
Ravi.

Answer 1

hello friends if you are reading mail from gmail use following properties
props=System.getProperties();
             props.setProperty( "mail.imap.socketFactory.class", "javax.net.ssl.SSLSocketFactory");
            props.setProperty( "mail.imap.socketFactory.fallback", "false");
            props.setProperty("mail.imap.port", "993");
            props.setProperty("mail.imap.socketFactory.port", "993");// for gmail
               props.put("mail.imap.host", "imap.gmail.com");
auth=new SMTPAuthenticator("[email protected]","password");
                  session=Session.getDefaultInstance(props,auth);
          store=session.getStore("imap");
by checking flag values you can differentiate mail is read or unread
     Flags flags=msg[k].getFlags();
                        Flags.Flag[] sf=flags.getSystemFlags();
               for (int i = 0; i < sf.length; i++) {
                  if (sf[i] == Flags.Flag.DELETED)
                      System.out.println("DELETED message");
                       else if (sf[i] == Flags.Flag.SEEN)
                      System.out.println("SEEN message");
                      else if (sf[i] == Flags.Flag.ANSWERED )
                      System.out.println("ANSWERED  message");
                      else if (sf[i] == Flags.Flag.DRAFT )
                      System.out.println("DRAFT  message");
                      else if (sf[i] == Flags.Flag.FLAGGED)
                      System.out.println("FLAGGED message");
                      else if (sf[i] == Flags.Flag.RECENT)
                      System.out.println("RECENT message");
                      else if (sf[i] == Flags.Flag.USER)
                      System.out.println("USER message");
or check
msg[k].isSet(Flags.Flag.SEEN)
is true or false