Version: 1.11.0 (using 4.2.00 (KDE 4.2.0), Debian packages) Compiler: cc OS: Linux (i686) release 2.6.28-custom 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.
*** Bug 183228 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
I'm not a POP3 expert, but looking at wilipedia, http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/POP3 Your wish it is not possible to accomplish with the commands listed.
> Your wish it is not possible to accomplish with the commands listed. Correct. The POP3 protocol has no concept of unread or read. If a mail is marked as read, that is done by the server, KMail can not influence this.