setting the seen flag?

[Mike Eggleston]

On Wed, 28 Apr 2010, Mike Eggleston might have said:

> On Wed, 28 Apr 2010, Dan White might have said:
> 
> > On 28/04/10 09:43 -0500, Mike Eggleston wrote:
> > >cd /var/spool/imap
> > >find user/$user -type d -print | sed 's,/,.,g' | sed 's/^/"/' | sed 
> > >'s/$/"/' | while read folder
> > >do
> > >	echo 1 select $folder > /tmp/c1
> > >	echo "2 uid store 1:* +flags (\seen)" >> /tmp/c1
> > >	echo 3 logout >> /tmp/c1
> > >	imtest -a cyrus -w $password -u ejsg localhost < /tmp/c1
> > >done
> > >
> > >I found no errors from the command's output, nor did I find any errors in
> > >/var/log/maillog, but the user says the message is still marked 'unread'
> > >by Outlook.
> > 
> > Is $user and ejsg the same user?
> > 
> > Be sure to pass the same user in the '-u xxx' option of the imtest command,
> > that you wish to set the seen changes for.
> > 
> > Cyrus uses per-user seen states (by default), so setting the \Seen flag for
> > user jane, when authorizing as ejsg, will not do what you want.
> 
> I just realized that error. The names $user and ejsg are the same. The
> imtest command is setting the \Seen flags for user 'cyrus' not user
> 'ejsg'. I'm writing a simple cgi-bin program so the users can reset
> their own \Seen flags. I'll post it as soon as I'm done.
> 
> Mike

My current, not ready for prime time script is:

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#!/bin/sh

# $Id$
# $Log$

# must be run as root
# cd /var/spool/imap/?
# then run a find to get all folders for a user
# then update all messages in each folder with the \Seen flag

# globals
user=$1
pass=$2
# am I root?
id=`id -u`
if [ $id -ne 0 ] ; then
	echo "$0: must be run as root; aborting"
	exit 1
fi

# is there a valid user given as argument 1?
id "$user" 2>&1 > /dev/null
if [ $? -ne 0 ] ; then
	echo "$0: unknown user '$user'; aborting"
	exit 2
fi

# does that user have mail directory?
fl=`echo $user | cut -c1`
imapdir=/var/spool/imap
letterdir="$imapdir/$fl"
if [ ! -d $letterdir ] ; then
	echo "$0: directory '$letterdir' does not exist; aborting"
	exit 3
fi
userdir="$letterdir/user/$user"
if [ ! -d $userdir ] ; then
	echo "$0: directory '$userdir' does not exist; aborting"
	exit 4
fi

# find all folders in the user's account
# give each folder individually to imaptest for setting the \Seen flag
tf=/tmp/.cyrus-mark-read.$$
cd $letterdir
find "user/$user" -type d -print | sed 's,/,.,g' | sed 's/^/"/' | sed 's/$/"/' | while read folder
do
	echo "1 SELECT $folder"
	#echo "2 uid fetch 1:* flags"
	echo '3 UID STORE 1:* +FLAGS (\SEEN)'
done > $tf
echo "4 LOGOUT" >> $tf

# run the above generated commands
imtest -a $user -w $pass -u $user localhost < $tf

# clean up
rm -f $tf
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