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Hi everyone,
I would be surprised if there is anyone here who hasn't seen Yahoo mail, so I am posting my question here.
But, anyways, for those who hasn't, I wanna brush up the basics before I ask the question. Yahoo mail supports a feature, which I am not able to comprehend. While viewing a message, there is a link that says "Mark as Unread" and when U click on it, the message is marked as new immediately.
Now, here comes my question : I have used Javamail quite a bit, to the best of my knowledge, a Folder's new messages are the ones whose RECENT flag returns true. And the RECENT flag is set to false once the message content has been sent to the client in some form or the other. It is clearly specified in the JavaMail API(link pasted below) that this flag CANNOT be altered by the client.
http://java.sun.com/products/javamail/1.3/docs/javadocs/javax/mail/Flags.Flag.html#RECENT
So, How does this Yahoo Mail client achieve this feature? Is there a workaround for this?
Any ideas? Any responses are greatly appreciated.
Thanks
-Uday

A "new" message is one that hasn't been read so it does not have the SEEN flag. You may be confused because of your mail cleint. Clients often keep a read/not read list on the local file system so it may be circumventing your flag manipulation. You gotta remember, with the exception of the DELETED flag, the flags have no real meaning unless the client wants to interpert them to have meaning.
Here's a quick rundown:
A RECENT message is one that has arrive since the last time a user checked their mail.
A SEEN message is one that one that has been "read" by the user.
A ANSWERED message is one that has been replied to.
A DELETED message will be removed next time a folder is expunged.
A FLAGGED message is the semi-common "flag for follow up".
A DRAFT message is just that I guess, I've never used the flag.
Then if the server supports it there are "user" defined flags. I've seen flags similar to Forwarded, NotJunk,

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