Problem with marking messages as seen

[Matt Goebel]

Mufit Eribol said:
> I just installed FC3,  postfix-2.1.5, cyrus-imapd-2.2.10,
> cyrus-sasl-2.1.19,  mysql-3.23.58 as per Postfix-Cyrus-Web-cyradm-HOWTO
> of Luc de Louw. All authentication issues seem working OK.
>
> I am new to imap and cyrus. Perhaps it is a simple issue, but I don't
> know.
>
> How come some of the messages in INBOX insist on being unseen. I read
> and mark them as read. But later on, when I check for the new mails,
> these messages automatically reverts back to unread condition. How
> should I read them to mark as read? :) Also, this problem doesn't apply
> to all the messages in INBOX, just some of them.
>
> Thanks for any hint.
> Mufit
>
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The user's seen database file is probably corrupt.  I've had this happen
once before here.  There was a message showing up in the logs.  To fix it
just delete the seen database file for that user.  That will cause all the
user's messages to default to unread but you'll be able change their
status.


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