Re: Message read/unread notifications

Jim Durrell wrote:
> I'm using javamail to connect to the gmail "INBOX" folder.  The code
> registers various listeners and then calls idle() on the folder.  Everything
> connects fine and receives notifications when a message arrives or is
> archived.  Is it possible to also receive notification when a message is
> read or marked unread?  I've added a MessageChangedListener, but it does not
> get called.
>
> I've enabled the tracing in javamail, and the last thing I see is the
> +idling message.  When I read messages in the gmail web interface, there is
> no tracing output from javamail, suggesting that gmail isn't sending this
> information.  Am I setting something up wrong, or is this a known
> limitation?

It's possible for the IMAP protocol to notify you of flag changes
made by other clients, but I'm not sure how many servers actually
do that.  Likely Gmail does not.

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