If I mark an email as important ( Star ) on another device say K9 then use :check-mail on an already opened aerc it checks for new emails but doesn't update the flag. If I quit aerc and open it again it shows that emails flagged as important. It seems :check-email doesn't update the flags ????
Hi,
The
:markcommand does not alter the email flags, it only selects a message. The star (*) you see in the email flags is only a visual indicator that the message is selected. To flag an email as "important", you need to use:flag.
Sorry I've not explained correctly. When I open aerc I see my emails on the right and some have a ! Flag which if I view them on my mobile say with k9 mail they show as starred ie message is marked ( flagged ) as important. If I say mark ( flag ) an email in k9mail as starred ( important ) and then switch to my laptop already running aerc and type :check-mail the flag on that email isn't updated. It only updates If I exit aerc and start it again.
I assume you are using the imap backend? I believe
:check-mailonly updates the message counts for all folders, not the message flags nor headers. The current folder's messages should be automatically updated, including their flags.
Yes I am using IMAP via isync ( mbsync ) to allow offline reading.
You are not using the imap backend, then. With
maildir://,:check-maildoesn't do anything unless you definecheck-mail-cmdinaccounts.conf.https://git.sr.ht/~rjarry/aerc/tree/0.15.0/item/doc/aerc-accounts.5.scd#L38-40
My question is though should :check-email update the flags too though ? As it stands flags only update if they've been changed on another computers email client if I exit aerc on this PC and start aerc again. Whereas I'd have thought that running the command :check-email would have obvs checked for new email and updated the flags too ? I thought it might be an mbsybc issue but it can't be as exiting aerc and running it up again displays the correct flags.
Apologies in accounts.conf I have:
check-mail-cmd = mbsync -q gmail && msmtp-runqueue.sh
Could you share your configuration after redacting any private information? Including
aerc.confandaccounts.conf. Also, what version of aerc are you running?Thanks.
Sure my dots are here and I apologise in advance if it's a rookie mistake by myself. I'm using the latest git master of aerc too from the aur package aerc-git.
https://codeberg.org/JustineSmithies/hyprland-dotfiles/src/branch/master
Oh hang on is it because I have the line cache-headers = true in accounts.conf ? Answer is no doesn't make a difference.
Found this info:
No,
cache-headersis only for IMAP.I think that this is caused by a recent commit 91ac21ac61558. Basically, the current folder is only refetched if the message count has increased.
I assume that you will also have the same issue when deleting/moving messages from another client.
I'll assign this to Tim :)
Glad I wan't totally getting it wrong and it is indeed a bug ;)
Cool so I don't need the line cache-headers = true if I'm using maildir:// then is that correct ?
Yes,
cache-headersis ignored unless you are running with theimap://backend. You can remove it.
~justinesmithies, can you have a look at this patch to see if it fixes the issue?
https://lists.sr.ht/~rjarry/aerc-devel/patches/40706
Thanks
Tim Culverhouse referenced this ticket in commit ef4504e.