On Fri, 2005-05-20 at 09:12 -0400, Marc Sherman wrote:
> Ron McKeating wrote:
> >
> > so what is the difference between these 4 files
> >
> > 1116578608.H654266P16104.dougal.lut.ac.uk:2,S
> > 1116581403.H357364P28271.dougal.lut.ac.uk:2,ST
> > 1116581514.H585557P29912.dougal.lut.ac.uk:2,
> > 1116509264.H385728P12383.dougal.lut.ac.uk:2,RS
> >
> > I am unsure as to what the bits after the comma are at the end, and
> > without my copy of the book to hand.
>
> http://cr.yp.to/proto/maildir.html
>
> info starting with "2,": Each character after the comma is an
> independent flag.
>
> * Flag "P" (passed): the user has resent/forwarded/bounced this
> message to someone else.
> * Flag "R" (replied): the user has replied to this message.
> * Flag "S" (seen): the user has viewed this message, though perhaps
> he didn't read all the way through it.
> * Flag "T" (trashed): the user has moved this message to the trash;
> the trash will be emptied by a later user action.
> * Flag "D" (draft): the user considers this message a draft;
> toggled at user discretion.
> * Flag "F" (flagged): user-defined flag; toggled at user discretion.
>
> New flags may be defined later. Flags must be stored in ASCII order:
> e.g., "2,FRS".
>
Aha, thanks very much, that is very useful.
Ron
> - Marc
>
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