BUG: don't mark message as read in pop3 download

[Ritesh Raj Sarraf]

Looks like the KDE Bugzilla has some problems. I tried twice and was not able 
to report a bug.

Use Case
You download mails from a server using dimap. The server has auto-archiving 
enabled. This ends up with your dimap cache also having archived emails than 
having pristine copies of the email.

Workaround
Configure a POP3 account with the same server. Configure it to leave message on 
the server after download. This way you can have a pristine copy of the email 
while also access the email using dimap.

Problem
When POP3 fetches mails, it marks them as read. If then you see the message 
listing in dimap, you lost track of new unread messages.

Wishlist
Add an option for POP3 to "Leave messages as it is on the server".

Example User
Me. I use dimap with MS Exchange to be able to browse through my email 
messages. My Exchange server has an auto archive policy which archives old 
messages on the server after N days. This becomes a problem when I need to 
search an old email and I don't have the pristine copy in my dimap cache. As 
mentioned above, POP3 is a workaround for a scenario like this. But it mangles 
the state of messages on the server.


Ritesh
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Ritesh Raj Sarraf
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"Necessity is the mother of invention."

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