Tickets :: Comment on [#12007] Messages marked for deletion do not catch changes to the seen flag.

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Comment	>> Can I ask to clarify for others finding this behaviour in future and >> wondering; >> >> This is a choice in the Horde AS code? I.e. when seeing a message >> marked as /deleted on IMAP AS leaves it there as the AS protocol it >> has no facility to tell a client the message is marked for deletion >> (but not yet deleted/expunged)? > > It's not really a choice, because there is no such thing as a > message marked for deletion in AS. A message is either in the > mailbox or it is not. The /deleted flag is not a supported flag in > the protocol, there is no mechanism to tell the client it is "marked > for deletion" and there is no way of displaying such messages in a > different manner (such as with a line though them). > > Technically, what the code does is ask for any changes since the last > known modseq value. It then discards any messages returned from this > query that have the /deleted flag now set. > >> And in theory (and probably with some strange side effects) - the AS >> code could choose to tell the client the message was deleted at >> this point? > > No, because that would put the client and the server in an > inconsistent state. There is a command called SOFTDELETE that could > be abused for this purpose, but it still needs to be implemented (and > is a current TODO listed in the library docs). It's normally used for > removing messages from the client (email or appointments) that fall > outside of the client's configured time window. > >> And lastly - shouldn't the message be marked as 'read' via AS? Is >> that a separate bug? (happy to raise one). > > Actually, yes, I suppose it should. The way the code works currently > is the entire message is ignored, so the /seen flag is never caught. > No need for a new ticket, I'll take care of it.
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