aerc mail client + mbsync problem (maybe)

aerc mail client + mbsync problem (maybe)
from luca_mancini_drummer@lemmy.world to linux@lemmy.ml on 22 Aug 11:26
https://lemmy.world/post/34809750

Dear fellow nerds,

I recently started to use aerc, synched locally with mbsync. Unfortunately, I’m facing a rather annoying problem with Gmail:

I read emails (flag “seen”) and move them to the archive;
run the mbsync < account > command to sync;
the mails are correctly moved, however, they seem to lose the “seen” flag, and they revert to unread.

Am I missing something? Any idea what could be the problem? If it matters, I’m on a Wayland session on NixOS.

Thanks!

#linux

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gnuhaut@lemmy.ml on 23 Aug 17:23 collapse

The “seen” flag should be represented by an “S” in the filename of the mail (see Maildir spec).

You could probably observe filename changes using:

fsnotifywait -m $YOUR_MAILDIR -r -e move -e create -e delete

While that is running in your terminal, move a mail using aerc, and see if aerc correctly preserves the “S” flag in the filename.

luca_mancini_drummer@lemmy.world on 24 Aug 10:54 collapse

Thank you very much the info! I was looking for something like this, but eventually I failed 😆
I’ll try as soon as I can and get back with the result!