IMAP mail arrives as "read"

Why does my IMAP mail arrive without the blue dot, denoting a "unread" message?

greaser5,
If you open or even preview a message on either the iPhone, or MacBook Pro, or for that matter any other computer or device accessing that IMAP account, the message will be marked as read on all of them.
IMAP updates the status of the message via the server to all email programs or devices that are accessing that mailbox.
Hope this helps,
Nathan C.

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Edited by: Wolfgang Hummel on Oct 7, 2009 12:20 PM
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